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December 29, 2015

Belgium restarts ageing nuclear reactor
Brussels (AFP) Dec 26, 2015
Belgian power utility Electrabel said Saturday it had restarted a nuclear reactor at its ageing Tihange plant, just days after being forced to shut it down following a fire in the electricity supply system. An Electrabel spokesman said the Tihange 1 reactor was put back on line as scheduled and would be running at full power in due course. Last week's shutdown of the reactor was "normal procedure" after such a fire, the company said previously. Tihange 1 is the oldest of three reactors at th ... read more

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