The 40 year license expires by the end of this year, and an extension wasn't granted.
Someone who can read Belgian news will need to explain why the license extension wasn't granted, and whether that makes sense.
Someone who can read Belgian news will need to explain why the license extension wasn't granted, and whether that makes sense.
In 2012, small cracks were discovered in the pressure vessels of a number of reactors, introduced by hydrogen during the casting of the steel. That was grist on the mill of the anti-nuclear lobby. According to the expert reports, the vessels should be ok (there are some links to English reports on the nuclear safety agency website [2]), but it is easy to fear-monger when nuclear energy is involved. That seemed to have sealed the fate of the nuclear reactors.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_phase-out#Belgiu... [2] https://fanc.fgov.be/nl/dossiers/kerncentrales-belgie/actual...