A decision on extending the operation of the country’s commercial nuclear power reactors beyond 2025 will be taken in mid-March, Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo told L’Echo newspaper.
Mr De Croo said: “This is a technical and substantive discussion. We will do everything to reduce the risk as much as possible, because zero risk does not exist; no energy system can technically offer that. We do not act on a whim.”
Belgium confirmed in late 2021 its plans to proceed with a phaseout of existing reactors by 2025 but kept open the option of extending the lifetime of two reactors to ensure energy supply.
Mr De Croo said: “This is a technical and substantive discussion. We will do everything to reduce the risk as much as possible, because zero risk does not exist; no energy system can technically offer that. We do not act on a whim.”
Belgium confirmed in late 2021 its plans to proceed with a phaseout of existing reactors by 2025 but kept open the option of extending the lifetime of two reactors to ensure energy supply.
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