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Greenpeace activists deliver radioactive contaminated water bottles to the French Senate in Paris. The water was collected last week from the well situated against the site wall of the nuclear waste storage site in La Hague, France. Greenpeace reveals that France's iconic sparkling wine, Champagne, is threatened by radioactive contamination leaking from the nuclear waste dumpsite in the region. Enlarge Image

Radioactive waste leaking into Champagne Water Supply

30 May 2006

Greenpeace today revealed that France's iconic sparkling wine, Champagne, is threatened by radioactive contamination leaking from a nuclear waste dumpsite in the region. Low levels of radioactivity have already been found in underground water less than 10 km from the famous Champagne vineyards.

Greenpeace activists from Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan and France entered the Centre Stockage de la Manche (CSM) nuclear dumpsite at La Hague in Normandy, France, to demand the removal and decontamination of the dumpsite. The activists placed their countries' flags and banners declaring 'France: Nuclear Waste Dump' on top of the dumpsite. Enlarge Image

Illegal French nuclear waste dump must be removed and decontaminated

29 May 2006

Greenpeace activists from Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan and France entered the Centre Stockage de la Manche (CSM) nuclear dumpsite at La Hague in Normandy today to demand the removal and decontamination of the dumpsite. At 9.30am this morning, ten activists placed their countries' flags on top of the dumpsite and a further four activists with banners declaring "France: Nuclear Waste Dump climbed onto the roof of the visitors' centre.

Secret document reveals new breed of nuclear reactors vulnerable to terrorist attack

19 May 2006

A leaked document on the vulnerability to terrorist attack of the new European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) - being considered or already under construction in several countries including UK, France and Finland - reveals a dangerously flawed approach to security, according to a study commissioned by Greenpeace International. (1)

French emergency exercise flawed as public debate on nuclear plans collapses

19 October 2005

The danger and secrecy of the French nuclear industry has been further exposed by plans for an emergency exercise at the la Hague plutonium plant, Greenpeace stated today.

Greenpeace Reacts To International Energy Agency

02 November 2006

Greenpeace stated today that the International Energy Agency's (IEA) endorsement of nuclear power as safe and necessary in meeting global energy demands is fundamentally flawed.

Annya was born in a village highly contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown of 1986. A cancerous brain tumour at the age of four marked the end of Annya's childhood and the beginning of a life of pain and illness. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace new study reveals death toll of Chernobyl enormously underestimated

18 April 2006

A new Greenpeace report, with input from 52 scientists from around the world, reveals that official estimates of the health impact from the Chernobyl catastrophe have been hugely under estimated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). (1)

Greenpeace International has won two prizes at the prestigious World Press Photo awards for images depicting the drought in the Amazon last year and the lingering effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The photographs were taken by Greenpeace commissioned photographers Daniel Beltra and Robert Knoth. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace wins World Press Photo award for effects of climate change and nuclear power

10 February 2006

Greenpeace International has won two prizes at the prestigious World Press Photo awards for images depicting the drought in the Amazon last year and the lingering effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

Whitewashing Chernobyl's impacts

05 September 2005

At a press conference today, the IAEA presented the conclusions of its digest report, "Chernobyl's Legacy: Health, Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts," just released by the Chernobyl Forum. The digest, based on a three-volume, 600-page report and incorporating the work of hundreds of scientists, economists and health experts, assesses the 20-year impact of the largest nuclear accident in history.

European Commission nuclear safety package a "fraud"

30 January 2003

 

European Commission in discussions on funding for Chernobyl-type reactor

23 January 2003

 

BNFL sets nuclear timebomb ticking on the anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster

26 May 2002

 

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