“Polluter pays”: Parliamentary Energy Committee fully transfers costs for dismantling nuclear power plants to the operator

The committee did agree to an amendment by opposition member Wollants, which is intended to ensure more transparency. The point is that the annual report of the CNV is sent directly to parliament. The original text foresaw that it would go to the minister, who would then deliver it to parliament, but there was no timing.

“By adopting this proposal, Parliament is sending a clear and important signal to Engie in the context of the negotiations: the polluter pays,” responds Kris Verduyckt (Vooruit). “Engie makes billions of euros in profit with its nuclear energy, financed by the sky-high energy bills that families and singles have to pay. Vooruit will never allow those people to pay again for the enormous cost of storing the nuclear waste.”

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