Amendment to phaseout law paves way for longer operation and new build
Energy minister Mathieu Bihet said the decision ‘reflects the government’s will to lift the blockades of the past’. Courtesy Government of Belgium.
Belgium’s energy minister has welcomed an “historic” committee vote which opens the door to new nuclear capacity and is a “decisive step towards a modernised and diversified energy policy”.
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