Borssele Nuclear Power Station

The Borssele Nuclear Power Station (Kerncentrale Borssele) is a nuclear power plant near the Dutch town of Borssele. It has a pressurised water reactor (PWR). Borssele is the only nuclear power plant still operational for electricity production in the Netherlands. Its net output is 485 MWe.

Borssele Nuclear Power Station
Borssele NPP in 2011
Official nameKerncentrale Borssele
CountryNetherlands
LocationBorssele
Coordinates51°25′55″N 3°43′00″E
StatusOperational
Construction began1969
Commission date26 October 1973
Owner(s)EPZ
Operator(s)Elektriciteits Produktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland (EPZ)
Nuclear power station
Reactors1
Reactor typePWR
Reactor supplierSiemens KWU
Power generation
Units operational1 x 515 MW
Nameplate capacity515 MW
Annual net output3,273 GWh
External links
Websitewww.epz.nl
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