The Belgian Parliament has approved a coalition agreement backtracking nuclear phase out ambitions. The new text offers the possibility of extending the life of other reactors, beyond the two already extended for ten years - until 2035 - after an agreement concluded in 2023 between the Belgian state and the operator of the nuclear fleet, the French group Engie. Most importantly, the text removes any reference to an exit from nuclear power in 2025, as well as the ban on the development of new nuclear production capacity.
In 2003, the Belgian Government passed a nuclear phase-out law providing the closure of all the nuclear power plants by 2025. Before then, the country had benefited from the power produced by seven reactors operated by Engie, of which three were disconnected in 2022, and two others were scheduled to get disconnected by T3 2025.
The new Belgian Government plans to reach a share of nuclear energy of 4 GW, which corresponds to the capacity of four reactors.
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