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Nuclear waste

Topic | April 18, 2007 at 12:24

Much of the nuclear waste will remain hazardous for hundreds of thousands of years, leaving a poisonous legacy to future generations.

Public pressure stops French nuclear waste export to Russia

Feature story | May 29, 2010 at 21:00

AREVA, the French nuclear energy company, admitted Friday that their contract to ship nuclear waste to Russia has been halted four years early, ending this July. Transports we have tirelessly highlighted, taken action against and lobbied to...

European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) Fact Sheet

Publication | July 20, 2008 at 0:00

The European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) is a new reactor design developed by the French company AREVA in co-operation with the German firm Siemens. Serious doubts have been raised about the safety and cost of the EPR. Study of the EPR’s blueprints...

The European Commission is being misled over safety of underground nuclear waste disposal

Blog entry by jmckeati | September 15, 2010

Highly radioactive waste from nuclear power stations could poison ground waters A new study released today shows European leaders are being misled over the safety of underground disposal of highly dangerous nuclear waste which...

Russian nuclear dump plan condemned

Feature story | June 21, 2002 at 0:00

Russia's nuclear regulator has rejected its nuclear ministry's plans to turn the country into a nuclear dump for the world.

France's Nuclear Failures

Feature story | February 2, 2009 at 0:00

Hazardous waste, illegitimate and dangerous new reactors and a diversion to the solutions to climate change - here's why France's picture of nuclear energy is just a 'great illusion'.

Protests against British Plutonium ship as it arrives under Japanese armed escort in...

Press release | July 4, 2002 at 0:00

British nuclear transport ship arrives in Takahama to collect reject plutonium fuel for return to the UK.

Complaint against AREVA for illegal storage of nuclear waste

Blog entry by JulietteH | November 4, 2010 1 comment

On Tuesday, at 3pm, Greenpeace conducted a citizen inspection at the entrance of the railway terminal in the small town of Valognes, France. Activists carried out radiation measurements by monitoring the passage of trucks that have...

Nuclear scandal comes to the European Parliament

Blog entry by Justin McKeating | October 7, 2010 1 comment

© Philip Reynaers / Greenpeace An international scandal came to the steps of the European Parliament today as Greenpeace delivered four consignments of nuclear waste to MEPs. The waste is harmful and exceeds European environmental...

Briefing : Radioactivity in Akokan

Publication | November 26, 2009 at 9:41

Noveber 2009 Greenpeace expedition to AREVA uranium mines in Niger found high levels of radioactivity in the nearby town of Akokan where villagers are exposed daily.

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