Dessel

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Dessel ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) 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.<ref name="stat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.

Gallery

• Tweewoonst, Molsebaan 71-73, Dessel.jpg

  House in Dessel

• Kanaal Mol - panoramio (1).jpg

  Canal of Mol

• Vml. douanewoningen te Dessel - 368618 - onroerenderfgoed.jpg

  Street view

• Dessel - Heilige Familiekerk.jpg

  Holy Family Church in Witgoor

External links

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• 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

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