The government of Belgium has decided to permanently shut down all its nuclear power plants:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/belgian-government-reaches-deal-nuclear-074121227.html
Meanwhile, energy prices are skyrocketing in Europe AND Russia (the EU's chief gas supplier) is continuing to be demonized. Get ready for a cold, dark winter.
Dear Belgium: Spending money to research "modular" reactors will NOT solve your impending energy crisis. Sooner or later, you're gonna realize you've totally screwed yourselves.
Update - 12/24/2021
In Holland, they're going the opposite direction, keeping their nuke plant and building two more:
https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/netherlands-goes-nuclear-in-massive
Time will tell which choice was the better one.
Update - 1/1/2022
Looks like France is in trouble, too:
And the EU still doesn't want Russian gas?
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