Belgium Plans to Nationalise Reactors and Prolong Use of Nuclear Energy
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Last week, Prime Minister Bart De Wever (N-VA) personally announced the news to the world with a social media post. The government has reached an agreement with energy company Engie to take over the nuclear power plants in our country. In our political podcast *Het Rapport van de Wetstraat*, our political journalists analyze the deal: “If De Wever succeeds in this, he will write himself into the history books.”
Belgium is making a major strategic shift by negotiating the complete acquisition of the seven Engie nuclear reactors. The government immediately suspended all dismantling operations, signing the end of twenty years of policy to exit the atom to regain full control of its electricity supply and its energy future.
ARTICLE. The Belgian government wants to buy from Engie the 7 reactors on its territory, a decision which marks the end of the country's anti-nuclear turn, but which is likely to prove costly.
Belgium plans to nationalise reactors and prolong use of nuclear energy
Belgium has announced a plan to nationalise its nuclear reactors, buying them in a "full takeover" and suspending plans to decommission them - to secure the country's energy supplies. The Belgian government and French utility company Engie signed a letter of intent regarding a possible takeover of...
The former Secretary of State for Energy, the father of the law on the release of nuclear energy in 2003, does not understand the government's decision to buy the nuclear park in Engie. The post Olivier Deleuze on the takeover of the nuclear park by the state: "Engie must rub his hands" appeared first on Le Vif.
Belgium's plan to take over its nuclear reactors from energy company Engie has elicited a wide range of reactions from politicians...
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