I literally do not know anything about this. Didn't even know Belgium had a nuclear power plant. Source please?
I can't speak for Europe, but I know in America even if you worked at the place you're not pulling off an attack. You're not going to sneak a gun past the check point. If you do somehow sneak in a gun or a knife, you're not going to live very long before the guards kill you. You're not going to get into someplace where your keycard/job status doesn't let you. Overall the most likely outcome is you trigger an unscheduled reactor shutdown and throw your life away. I can't imagine anyone making a 6 figure reactor job salary throwing their life away. Money > religion.
I don't know the specifics of this particular plant's security procedures, but it's unlikely he was in a position to do any significant damage to the plant, and his clearance process was likely much less involved than would be for someone who is in a position to do real damage.
I'm genuinely surprised. Too bad we can't interview him. He certainly doesn't fit the profile of the typical jihadist.
Still I stand by my point. Attacking a nuclear power-plant as an inside job is virtually impossible. There's enough physical security and mechanical fail-safes that nothing bad would happen.
Edit: also what the other guy said. He was a weld inspector. Nevermind, everything makes sense now. Sensational scare article is sensational.
Wasn't one of the IS terrorists of Paris employed in Belgium at a nuclear powerplant?