Officials give greenlight for game-changing energy project: 'After years of hesitation'

Officials give greenlight for game-changing energy project: 'After years of hesitation'

Belgium has begun constructing a major surface repository in Dessel that will permanently store low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste from nuclear plants, hospitals, and research facilities. This helps keep hazardous materials like radioactive waste from nuclear power, cancer treatments in hospitals, and scientific research, safely contained.  The permit for the expanded facility on the Dessel site gives Belgoprocess the green light to b…