Cabinet to name site for two nuclear plants in December
The cabinet expects to announce in early December whether the two new nuclear power plants will go to the Eemshaven in Groningen or to Terneuzen in Zeeland. The state has already secured priority on land at both sites.
The cabinet expects to announce in early December where it wants to build two new nuclear power plants: the Eemshaven in Groningen or Terneuzen in Zeeland. Ministry officials will meet residents in Uithuizen, near the Eemshaven, on Monday 26 October.
The cabinet has already claimed pre-emption rights (voorkeursrecht) on land at the intended locations in both places. That gives the state priority when the land is sold.
Near the Eemshaven, the possible sites are the Emmapolder and the Eemscentrale.
Officials from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate will hold an information evening on Monday 26 October, between 19:00 and 21:00, in the St. Vincentiusgebouw in Uithuizen. Two information meetings in Zeeland follow in the days after.
Opponents of nuclear energy are preparing a demonstration against the plants on 15 November on the Grote Markt in Groningen.
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voorkeursrecht
A pre-emption right is a legal right that gives a public authority priority to buy a piece of land when its owner decides to sell it. When the right applies, the owner must first offer the land to the authority, which can then acquire it ahead of other buyers. In the Netherlands it is used to secure land for planned public projects, such as infrastructure or other large developments, before the land is sold to someone else.