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Germany asks Belgium to take 2 nuclear reactors offline temporarily

ByAP, Berlin
Apr 20, 2016 03:06 PM IST

The German government is asking neighbouring Belgium to take two nuclear reactors offline temporarily because of safety concerns.

The German government is asking neighbouring Belgium to take two nuclear reactors offline temporarily because of safety concerns.

Tihange nuclear power plant in Huy. The German government is asking Belgium to take two nuclear reactors offline temporarily because of safety concerns.(AFP File Photo)
Tihange nuclear power plant in Huy. The German government is asking Belgium to take two nuclear reactors offline temporarily because of safety concerns.(AFP File Photo)

Germany, which plans to switch off all of its own nuclear reactors by 2022, is sensitive to concerns about plants outside the country. Berlin already has called on France to shut down its oldest plant, at Fessenheim on the German border, as soon as possible.

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Environment minister Barbara Hendricks urged Belgium on Wednesday to take its Tihange 2 and Doel 3 reactors offline “until open safety questions are cleared up”. German officials have cited concerns over the safety of the reactor pressure vessels.

Hendricks said in a statement that taking the reactors offline “would be a strong precautionary signal and would show that Belgium takes the concerns of its German neighbours seriously.”

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