mon 21 feb 2015, 09:12

Nuclear power plant doel 3 restarts

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The Belgian nuclear reactor doel 3 is in the night from Sunday on Monday again to the mains supply switched, notifies the operator Electrabel. This, of all the so-called ‘scheurtjescentrales’ operational again.

De Kerncentrale in de Belgische plaats Doel.

The Nuclear power plant in the Belgian Goal.
Photo: REUTERS

The beginning of the last week was already Tihange 2 started. The two federations layers since the end of march 2014 still. The restart of doel 3 happened eventually a few days later than first planned.

Doel 3 and Tihange 2 were a first time shut down in the summer of 2012 when, during a onderhoudstop in the steel walls of the reactorkuipen “thousands of fault indications were discovered. It went to waterstofbelletjes, with the thickness of a sigarettenblaadje. In may 2013, got Electrabel permission to restart, under the condition of further research.

From that research came two unexpected results in testing to the front, then the two nuclear power plants in march 2014 again shut down. Mid-november, the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) is again the green light for the restart, because the investigation no elements have emerged that a reset in the way.