I don’t know what gives with some of these European countries.
It’s just as well they’re all anti-gun – they’d shoot themselves for real.
Belgium just shut down ANOTHER nuclear reactor last night.
It’s all so tiring.
In the dead of winter, enough cheap clean power for a million houses – gone.
Europe is intentionally destroying itself as America turns nuclear plants back on and prepares to build new ones. pic.twitter.com/zpPWZgYBCR
— Mark Nelson (@energybants) February 15, 2025
They did try to extend the life of the plant – Doel-1.
Unit 1 of the Doel #nuclear power plant has been taken offline for the final time after 50 years of operation and disconnected from the grid. Its closure is in line with Belgium’s 2003 nuclear phase-out policy https://t.co/0IDj051bxc pic.twitter.com/oXssJV7Qow
— World Nuclear News (@W_Nuclear_News) February 17, 2025
It had been humming along for fifty years.
Unit 1 of the Doel nuclear power station to the north of Antwerp in Belgium has been permanently shut down, bringing the number of commercial reactors in operation in the country to four.
Doel-1 operator Electrabel, the Belgian subsidiary of France’s Engie, said the 445-MW…
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