2023-07-20 15:27:20
The contractual documents that the Belgian State should sign on Friday with Engie provide for a restart of Doel 4 and Tihange 3 from winter 2025, learns L’Echo.
This is a very big uncertainty for the security of Belgium’s electricity supply which is being lifted. In the contractual documents that the Belgian State and Engie are regarding to signit is the LTO flex scenario that has priority, learns L’Echo – namely a restart of Doel 4 and Tihange 3 from winter 2025-2026, with a staggering of the work related to the extension of these two nuclear reactors over time. Without this, Belgium risked running out of means of electricity production.
The documents, which are the legal translation of the agreement concluded at the end of June, have already received the approval of the board of directors of Engie, indicates a good source.
The documents, which are the legal translation of the agreement concluded at the end of June between the government and Engie, should be signed tomorrow Friday. But they have already received theapproval of the board of directors of Engie, indicates a good source. They must still be the subject of an intercabinet meeting, before being approved by the kern (restricted council of ministers), then officially signed. “But there are no longer any blocking elements for us”, we hear from the side of the Belgian State. “All the pieces for a restart in 2025 are there, and we are delighted regarding it”, we confirm in the office of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open VLD). The office of Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten (Groen) refuses to comment.
A clarification of the framework
Earlier in the day, theAFCNthe nuclear safety watchdog, announced that it had sent Engie-Electrabel its nuclear safety expectations. The FANC confirms that the work to extend the two reactors can be carried out gradually, without compromising nuclear safety.
“It is a big uncertainty that has been lifted, reacts Nele Scheerlinck, spokesperson for Electrabel. clarifies the framework. We will now do the technical analyzes to see what is needed to restart these two reactors.”
Priority to the most important jobs
Engie-Electrabel is already working on a concrete action plan to be implemented, with a calendar. The FANC will have to approve them, ensuring that priority is given to the most important work for nuclear safety, specifies the Agency.
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