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Belgium: Stop the next Chernobyl

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To the Belgian Government, to the German Minister of Environment, Barbara Hendricks and to all concerned Governments in the European Union:

As concerned European citizens, we call on you to take all necessary steps to immediately carry out a trans-boundary environmental impact assessment under the EU’s EIA Directive and the UN’s Espoo Convention for all Belgian reactors. Until this crucial step is taken, the reactors in Doel and Tihange that are causing safety concerns due to the numerous leaks, cracks, and even sabotage attempts should be shut down. Public safety comes first.
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Belgium: Stop the next Chernobyl

We won a first victory! After our massive campaign the German environment minister got Belgium to accept an expert inspection. Let's now ramp up the pressure to ensure they shut down these ancient plants and put our safety first. Keep signing and sharing!
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Nuclear experts are scared: Belgium has just restarted two ancient and cracked nuclear power plants that threaten to unleash another Chernobyl disaster right in the heart of Europe!

One of the ageing reactors suffered a fire and explosion weeks ago and Belgium’s own nuclear safety chief called for checks after discovering 16,000 cracks! Neighbouring countries like ours are raising the safety alarm and German Environment Minister, Barbara Hendricks, is ready to take our concerns into a meeting with Belgium on Monday. If enough of us back her in the next 72 hours, she can push Belgium to bring the plants to a halt until a thorough impact assessment is completed. Let’s stop this madness!

This could be a radioactive nightmare in an overpopulated area so close to us! Let’s urgently deliver 500,000 signatures to Minister Hendricks and our own government before her meeting, and make it clear that EU citizens will not allow Belgium to put us at risk of another Chernobyl. Sign and share on Facebook, Twitter, email… everywhere before it is too late.

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