Klaas Dijkhoff wants more nuclear power plants in the Netherlands

According to VVD faction leader Klaas Dijkhoff, nuclear power would be a good way for the Netherlands to meet climate goals. "As far as I'm concerned, we will start soon," said VVD Group President Klaas Dijkhoff in Nieuwsuur. "I hope we will look at the problem in a rational way" –

The greenhouse gas emissions still need to be reduced over the next few years. One of the most important goals is to generate more sustainable energy. The VVD wants to produce nuclear energy in combination with solar and wind energy to achieve climate goals.

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The VVD statements come a day after Arjen Lubach in his program Sunday with Lubach a call to generate more nuclear energy. It is not known whether Klaas Dijkhoff had been a supporter of nuclear energy for some time or whether he had visited her at NPO3 on Sunday night. Whatever the case may be, the moment seems to be very fortuitous.

In Lubach's fragment, the cabaret artist argues that the taboo on nuclear power plants must be broken and that he seems to have found an ally in the person of the party leader VVD.

Dijkhoff also departs from the coalition agreement concluded in 2017 with these declarations, in which the word "nuclear energy" does not appear. This document indicates that climate goals could also be achieved only with wind and solar power. It will therefore be necessary to seek support within the coalition.

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The coalition partner, D66, sees nothing in the plan. The leader of D66, Rob Jetten, said that he really wanted to consider the proposals, but he thinks that new and better techniques are possible than nuclear energy. GroenLinks does not care either. ,, This is one of the Klaasballons now well known: say something totally unrealistic, get a position of VVD in the news. A lot of noise, but nothing changed at the end of the day, "says Jesse Klaver, leader of GroenLinks, on Twitter

The construction of new nuclear power plants will not change CO2 emissions in the Netherlands . These factories cost a lot of money and are not ready in a few years. It is estimated that the construction of a modern nuclear power plant will take between 11 and 14 years. They will therefore only be operational after 2030.

The Netherlands has traditionally few nuclear power plants compared to other countries. The only nuclear power plant operating in our country is located in Borselle, Zealand, and its size is relatively modest. It was delivered in 1973 and is on the nomination proposal to close, in 2033, the demolition should begin.