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POWER: Belgium’s Tihange 1 Nuclear Plant Halts Due to Defective Pump

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Electrabel’s 962MW Tihange 1 nuclear power plant in Belgium had an unplanned outage on Monday morning due to a defective circulation pump, Belga reported, cited by Energy Central. 

  • The reason for the failure is now being investigated, Belga added.
  • The Tihange 1S and 1N nuclear reactors are scheduled to be offline until 22 January 10:59CET, before ramping up output until 22 January 20:44CET, remit data showed. 
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Electrabel’s 962MW Tihange 1 nuclear power plant in Belgium had an unplanned outage on Monday morning due to a defective circulation pump, Belga reported, cited by Energy Central. 

  • The reason for the failure is now being investigated, Belga added.
  • The Tihange 1S and 1N nuclear reactors are scheduled to be offline until 22 January 10:59CET, before ramping up output until 22 January 20:44CET, remit data showed.