The federal anti-terrorism agency OCAD has joined in an investigation of an oil leak at the nuclear power reactor Doel 4 in Beveren, East Flanders. Last week the agency for nuclear control (Fanc) said it was looking into allegations of sabotage.
The reactor was shut down unexpectedly last week, after about 90,000 litres of oil leaked into the steam turbine, causing it to overheat. Electricity producer Electrabel called it “an apparently deliberate manual intervention”. A spokesperson for Fanc said inspectors had been to the scene and found “indications” that the leak had been caused deliberately.
The investigation began with representatives of the agency and Electrabel interviewing members of staff. The prosecutor’s office of Dendermonde was then included in the enquiry, according to Jan Bens, director of Fanc, who previously served as the director of the Doel plant.
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