Belgium acted on Thursday, his resignation to the nuclear vote outside Thursday by a vote of the deputies repealing an emblematic law of 2003, according to the vote of the government led by Wever Flamenco Bart curator.
Specifically, the new text eliminates any reference to an exit from the atom in 2025, as well as the prohibition made to Belgium to build new nuclear production capabilities.
It offers the possibility of extending the useful life of other reactors, beyond the two already extended for ten years, only in 2035, after an agreement in 2023 between the Belgian State and the Nuclear Park operator, the French Group Engie.
“Turn the two decades of blockages”
The bill on “several provisions for nuclear energy” was adopted by a large majority of 102 votes, 8 against and 31 abstentions. “The Federal Parliament has just turned the two decades page of blockages and doubts to open the way to a realistic and resistant energy model,” he praised the Belgian Energy Minister Mathieu Bihet, who defended the project.
This liberal that speaks French assured that Belgium had “relating an innovative sector”, which probably strengthens its energy independence and its decarbonation efforts.
Source: BFM TV
