Social problems and territorial experiences from closing down Tihange NPP

The town of Huy, better known by the name of the NPP Tihange, which is the nearby village, accounts to 50,000 inhabitants including the surrounding region. An Advisory Committee at a community level was set up concerned with the emergency services and the NPP related problems. One of the outstanding problems is the planned interim storage for radioactive waste. The unsolved question of long term storage in Belgium resulted in the fact that general situation is not promising for launching the debate on the future of nuclear energy. The mission of the delegation from Huy visited Tokaimura with the aim to measure the scale of real responsibilities and the concern against nuclear power that the accident created in the population