Shut old nuclear reactors, says unprecedented alliance of EU cities (Cologne and Dusseldorf in Germany, Luxembourg City and Maastricht in the Netherlands are among the cities co-funding a lawsuit to close one reactor – Tihange 2 – and calling on the European commission to prepare a separate case at the European court of justice.) April 20. 2016

A demonstration against the nuclear power plants of Doel and Tihange, in Antwerp, Belgium, on 12 March 2016. Photograph: Julien Warnand/EPA

Germany has asked Belgium to take two of its nuclear reactors offline, citing safety concerns. The environment minister said doing so would show that Brussels “takes the concerns of its German neighbors seriously.”  

source: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/17/shut-old-nuclear-reactors-says-unprecedented-alliance-of-eu-cities