Nuclear Energy Policy in Belgium after Fukushima Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Belgian nuclear phase-out law imposes closing down in the 2015-205 period seven nuclear power plants (NPPs) producing more than 50% of the domestic electricity. This creates an urgent problem in the country because of the absence of well-defined capacity-replacement plans. Though a safety-of-supply provision in the law allows for a delayed phase-out, hopes for a technically acceptable schedule have reduced after the Fukushima nuclear ...