BR3 nuclear power plant — Belgium

BR3 nuclear power plant is a retired nuclear power station in Antwerp, Belgium. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #81 of 95 Belgium power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 33.1% of Belgium's electricity; the national grid averages 150 gCO₂/kWh (72.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_nuc_br3_belgi.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (retired); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #4 largest nuclear power plant of 4 in Belgium by capacity.

Belgium has 4 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 5,982 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 51.2169, 5.0998 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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