Nuclear: Engie repeats that a “mini-extension” is not possible

The energy company submitted its response to the AFCN: extending Doel 1 and 2 and Tihange 1 is, for it, not possible. On the government side, some do not believe it.

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Par Bernard Demonty
et Bernard Padoan

Published on 02/27/2023 at 18:11
Reading time: 4 mins

Pextending – even for a short time – the operation of the Doel 1 and 2 and Tihange 1 reactors, for Engie, this is “not possible”. This is essentially the content of the response sent by the operator of the Belgian nuclear fleet to the government, which had asked him, at the beginning of the month, to explore this track. Formally, the executive asked Engie to send its “safety assessment” directly to the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (AFCN), which confirmed that it had received it on Monday. “She went to our experts for analysis,” explains Louise Liénard, spokesperson for the FANC. “We can’t say more at this time.”

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