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CORRECTED: Belgium will close 7 nuclear reactors by 2025: government source
Brussels, Dec 23 (AFP) Dec 23, 2021
Belgium will shut down seven nuclear reactors by 2025 but will not close the door on new-generation nuclear technology, according to a deal reached Thursday by parties in the coalition government.

A government source told AFP the all-night negotiations included an agreement of "investments of around 100 million euros ($113 million) on small modular reactors".


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