30 April 2026 11:57<\/p>\n
The Belgian government has begun talks with France\u2019s energy company Engie on a possible purchase of seven reactors, along with all related infrastructure and staff.<\/p>\n
The discussions cover reactors at the Doel and Tihange nuclear power plants, Caliber.Az<\/a> reports, citing foreign media<\/a>.<\/p>\n The two sides have signed a letter of intent, opening the way for exclusive negotiations.<\/p>\n A preliminary agreement is expected by October 2026.<\/p>\n Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said the plan could amount to a \u201cfull return\u201d of the nuclear sector to public control.<\/p>\n He made it clear that this would strengthen the country\u2019s energy security, reduce dependence on imports, and ensure a more stable energy system.<\/p>\n Amid the talks, the government has also paused the dismantling of recently shut-down reactors to preserve infrastructure until negotiations are completed.<\/p>\n The project includes not only the reactors but also Engie\u2019s entire nuclear operations in Belgium.<\/p>\n If the deal goes ahead, the state would take full control of the sector but also assume its financial and technical responsibilities.<\/p>\n Negotiations are ongoing, and final terms are expected to be defined in the coming months.<\/p>\n By Bakhtiyar Abbasov<\/p>\n Caliber.Az<\/p>\n Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n Views: 68<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"30 April 2026 11:57 The Belgian government has begun talks with France\u2019s energy company Engie on a possible…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1258,203,1263,7,1259,1262,1257,1261,1260,1256],"class_list":{"0":"post-13588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-belgium","12":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","13":"tag-international-experts","14":"tag-interviews","15":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","16":"tag-news-from-baku","17":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116492678329181691","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}