Fire Shuts Belgian Nuclear Reactor

GALWAY, IRELAND--December 3, 2014 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) Belgium's nuclear problems continued this week when a fire forced the shutdown of the Tihange 3 reactor, located southwest of the city of Liege.

Owner Electrabel SA (Brussels), a subsidiary of GDF Suez SA (EPA:GSZ) (Paris), said that it had temporarily closed the reactor on Sunday after a number of electrical cables outside the reactor caught fire.