ANTWERP (dpa-AFX) – Belgium has taken a first reactor off the grid as part of its planned nuclear phase-out. The Doel 3 kiln near the city of Antwerp was shut down on Friday evening, a spokeswoman for the operator Engie confirmed on Friday evening. There are three other reactors in the nuclear power plant. The state also operates three reactors in the Tihange nuclear power plant, which is about 60 kilometers from Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The original plan was to take all Belgian nuclear power plants offline by 2025. Against the background of the Ukraine war and the increased energy prices, the government now wants to keep the Tihange 3 and Doel 4 reactors running until at least the end of 2035 in order to ensure energy security – but this has not yet been formally decided. Last year, around half of Belgium’s electricity production came from nuclear power.
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