- Source: Dessel
Dessel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɛsəl] ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. In 2021, Dessel had a total population of 9,659 inhabitants. The total area is 27.03 km2.
Nuclear industries
Dessel hosts several nuclear facilities:
Belgoprocess, ex Eurochemic reprocessing plant (OECD), now in charge of the operational waste management for Ondraf/Niras.
BelgoNucléaire, an old MOX factory, presently closed and to be decommissioned in the future.
Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible (FBFC) making nuclear fuel assemblies;
The Dessel site was selected in June 2006 by the Belgian government to construct the first shallow land disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste in Belgium. The decision was taken after consultation of the local authorities and the population in the frame of the Stola consultation group.
Sport
The town has two football clubs:
K.F.C. Witgoor Sport, which plays in the Belgian Fourth Division.
K.F.C. Dessel Sport, which plays in the Belgian Third Division.
Event
Graspop Metal Meeting, yearly heavy metal festival.
Climate
Gallery
References
External links
Media related to Dessel at Wikimedia Commons
Official website - Available only in Dutch
Eurochemic
Eurochemic 1956-1990, European Company for the Chemical Processing of Irradiated Fuels, Jean-Marc Wolff, OECD Historical Series, 1999
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible
- F.C.V. Dender E.H.
- Arkea
- Sint-Truidense V.V.
- K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
- Piala Belgia 2018–19
- Ag2r-La Mondiale
- Gangguan somatoform
- René Desaeyere
- Gat
- Dessel
- Van Dessel
- Elda Dessel
- Arno Van Dessel
- Kevin Van Dessel
- K.F.C. Dessel Sport
- Stan Van Dessel
- Dessel–Turnhout–Schoten Canal
- Cyril Dessel
- Sylver
