Advanced research, lagging policy: nuclear waste governance in Belgium

Jantine Schröder; Anne Bergmans; Erik Laes

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-08962-7_6

Advanced research, lagging policy: nuclear waste governance in Belgium

Jantine Schröder, Anne Bergmans, Erik Laes

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Belgium developed a rather extensive nuclear research and development (R&D) programme quite early due to the ready supply of uranium from the former colony of Congo and its contribution to the Manhattan project. Belgium, once had the national ambition of developing a full nuclear fuel cycle. Nuclear power provides 52% of the national electricity supply in Belgium in 2014. Belgium’s seven reactors – four in the Flemish municipality of Doel, three in the Walloon municipality of Tihange – became operational between 1975 and 1985. The history of the Belgian nuclear programme is for a large part one of ‘fait accompli’ politics and has been characterized by a general lack of transparent decision making (Laes et al. 2007).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nuclear Waste Governance
Subtitle of host publication	An International Comparison
Place of Publication	Wiesbaden
Publisher	Springer
Pages	141-155
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-658-08962-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-658-08961-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-08962-7_6
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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