Minister for Climate and Energy Rob Jetten visited Urenco Nederland (UNL) in Almelo on Monday afternoon, June 13.
The Minister joined UNL Managing Director Ad Louter on a guided tour of the Urenco uranium enrichment plant. Urenco's enriched uranium is used by nuclear power plants all over the world to generate low-carbon energy.
Next, Mr Jetten visited the recycling centre, where process components are overhauled and cleaned for reuse. During the tour, Ad Louter updated the minister on recent market developments.
Later on, the Minister spoke to directors of companies that are part of the industry association Nuclear Netherlands. This concerned the nuclear knowledge infrastructure and the objective in the Coalition Agreement to build two new nuclear power stations in the Netherlands.
Dutch translation:
Minister voor Klimaat en Energie Rob Jetten bracht gistermiddag een bezoek aan Urenco Nederland in Almelo. De minister kreeg een rondleiding door de uraniumverrijkingsfabriek van Urenco en bezocht het Recycling Centre, waar procesonderdelen worden gereviseerd en schoongemaakt voor hergebruik. Met het licht verrijkte uranium van Urenco wekken kerncentrales over de hele wereld CO2-arme energie op. Ad Louter praatte de minister bij over recente marktontwikkelingen.
Na de rondleiding sprak de minister met directies van de bedrijven die zijn verenigd in Nucleair Nederland over de nucleaire kennisinfrastructuur en de doelstellingen uit het Regeerakkoord om in Nederland twee nieuwe kerncentrales te bouwen.
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