The cabinet wants two new nuclear power plants in Borssele. This is evident from draft documents in the hands of the political editors of RTL News. The plants must be operational from 2035 at the latest. The government will also contribute to the cost of construction.
The construction of the new power plants was already announced in the coalition agreement. For the first steps, 5 billion euros have been made available. The government is not yet announcing exactly how much it will contribute.
According to the cabinet, Borssele is eminently suitable because of the nuclear infrastructure of the existing nuclear power plant there and the available space.
The cabinet wants to opt for two so-called ‘generation III+ reactors’. This should enable nuclear energy to account for 11 to 15 percent of the total electricity supply from 2035 onwards.
Support from the local population is a precondition for the project to go ahead, according to the cabinet. This seems to be the case.
The construction of new nuclear power plants is a ‘long-term, complex and costly process’, writes Climate and Energy Minister Jetten in the documents. It is therefore important that the initial preparations begin as soon as possible. However, a ‘comprehensive decision-making process’ with ‘careful considerations’ will have to take place.
The cabinet hopes that the first building permits can be issued between 2025 and 2028. Construction of the new plants could then begin in 2028, with the reactors being commissioned in 2035 at the latest.
Subsidies will also be made available for research into the construction of smaller nuclear power plants, the so-called Small Modular Reactors.
The cabinet also intends to keep the only existing nuclear power plant in the Netherlands, also in Borssele, open for a longer period of time. The reactor’s shutdown date is now scheduled for December 2033, but the government will be consulting with the shareholders in the near future to make agreements on extending its operating life.
According to the cabinet, the extension of the lifespan can be an ‘important bridge’ to the construction and commissioning of the yet to be built nuclear power plants.
So they are planning on adding new reactors to the existing plant and not actually building two new plants in the same location, right?
Great news.
That is a tight deadline.
I’m really liking all these new developments!
Well, finally, some more clean energy and now close some coal ones. Now wait 20 years before it’s operational.
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The cabinet wants two new nuclear power plants in Borssele. This is evident from draft documents in the hands of the political editors of RTL News. The plants must be operational from 2035 at the latest. The government will also contribute to the cost of construction.
The construction of the new power plants was already announced in the coalition agreement. For the first steps, 5 billion euros have been made available. The government is not yet announcing exactly how much it will contribute.
According to the cabinet, Borssele is eminently suitable because of the nuclear infrastructure of the existing nuclear power plant there and the available space.
The cabinet wants to opt for two so-called ‘generation III+ reactors’. This should enable nuclear energy to account for 11 to 15 percent of the total electricity supply from 2035 onwards.
Support from the local population is a precondition for the project to go ahead, according to the cabinet. This seems to be the case.
The construction of new nuclear power plants is a ‘long-term, complex and costly process’, writes Climate and Energy Minister Jetten in the documents. It is therefore important that the initial preparations begin as soon as possible. However, a ‘comprehensive decision-making process’ with ‘careful considerations’ will have to take place.
The cabinet hopes that the first building permits can be issued between 2025 and 2028. Construction of the new plants could then begin in 2028, with the reactors being commissioned in 2035 at the latest.
Subsidies will also be made available for research into the construction of smaller nuclear power plants, the so-called Small Modular Reactors.
The cabinet also intends to keep the only existing nuclear power plant in the Netherlands, also in Borssele, open for a longer period of time. The reactor’s shutdown date is now scheduled for December 2033, but the government will be consulting with the shareholders in the near future to make agreements on extending its operating life.
According to the cabinet, the extension of the lifespan can be an ‘important bridge’ to the construction and commissioning of the yet to be built nuclear power plants.
So they are planning on adding new reactors to the existing plant and not actually building two new plants in the same location, right?
Great news.
That is a tight deadline.
I’m really liking all these new developments!
Well, finally, some more clean energy and now close some coal ones. Now wait 20 years before it’s operational.