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Belgium operates seven nuclear reactors |
Belgium's
main political parties have agreed on a plan to shut down the country's two
nuclear power stations, but they have not yet set a firm date.
A new
coalition government is being set up and the nuclear shutdown will be on its
agenda, officials say.
If
alternative energy sources are found to fill the gap then the three oldest
reactors will be shut down in 2015.
Germany is
the biggest industrial power to renounce nuclear energy since Japan's Fukushima
disaster in March.
Belgium has
seven reactors at two nuclear power stations, at Doel in the north and Tihange
in the south. They are operated by Electrabel, which is part of GDF-Suez.
The
agreement reached on Sunday night confirms a decision taken in 2003, which was
shelved during Belgium's political deadlock following the last government's
collapse in April 2010.
Belgium
will need to replace 5,860 megawatts of power if it is to go ahead with the
nuclear phase-out.
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