GREAT EXPECTATIONS // On Thursday 7 July 1960, almost 50 years ago today, Prince Albert, the present King, laid the first stone of the Eurochemic reprocessing plant in Dessel. Part of the royal retinue at the time was the then Minister of Health and Family Paul Meyers. In his speech, the Minister accurately expressed the feelings of the people at a time when the nation had high hopes for nuclear energy. ”Thanks to the extremely fast evolution of the price of the kilowatt-hours generated through nuclear energy, we are right to have high hopes. This price will go down by 20%”, Meyers predicted. The laying of the foundation stone was front-page news in the Belgian press.