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=== BR3 ===
''The Belgian Reactor 3'' was the first [[pressurised water reactor]] (PWR) in Europe. The reactor served as a prototype for the reactors in [[Doel]] and [[Tihange]].  It was taken into service in 1962 and permanently shut down in 1987.

==== Decommissioning ====
[[Nuclear decommissioning|Decommissioning]] started in 2002.<ref name="sckcen-br3">[https://web.archive.org/web/20190401060959/https://science.sckcen.be/en/Facilities/BR3 ''Belgian Reactor 3 - BR3'']. SCK•CEN (archived Apr 2019, no update)</ref> The [[European Commission]] selected BR3 as a pilot project to show the technical and economic feasibility of the dismantling of a reactor under real conditions.<ref>[https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/belgium.aspx ''Nuclear Power in Belgium'']. World Nuclear Association, update Feb 2023</ref>