"Belgium on Friday delayed by a decade a plan to scrap nuclear energy in 2025, spooked by the huge rise in energy prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
'The federal government has decided to take the necessary steps to extend the life of two nuclear reactors by ten years,' Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said in a statement.
'This extension will strengthen our country’s independence from fossil fuels in a turbulent geopolitical environment,' he added.
The push to 2035 comes as calls are rising that neighbouring Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, should also rethink its nuclear energy exit, but ministers in Berlin last week doubled down on their country’s no atom pledge despite the price shock."
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Belgium delays nuclear energy exit 10 years due to Ukraine war
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