Belgium: nuclear electricity production capacities

Belgium has a cumulative nuclear power capacity of 5.94 gigawatts. Belgium has added about 0.44 gigawatts in nuclear capacity since 1990. Belgium has seven nuclear power reactors, while neighboring France has 56 nuclear reactors, the second most of any country worldwide.

Capacity of nuclear electricity production in Belgium from 1990 to 2020 (in gigawatt)

Characteristic	Installed capacity in Gigawatts
2020	5.94
2019	5.93
2018	5.9
2017	5.9
2016	5.9
2015	5.91
2014	5.93
2013	5.93
2012	5.93
2011	5.93
2010	5.93
2005	5.8
2000	5.71
1995	5.63
1990	5.5

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Release date

January 2022

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Region

Belgium

Survey time period

1995 to 2020

Supplementary notes

Energy statistics is an integral part of the European system of statistics.

These are data collected via the annual electricity and heat questionnaire and the annual renewables questionnaire.

The data refers to Section [N9000] of the Eurostat Database Statistic under the code [NRG_INF_EPC]

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