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 Stories About: energy AND France AND nuclear power AND waste
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Champagne vineyards threatened by radioactive contamination |
Corey McKrill |
05 Jun 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Global warming isn't the only thing threatening wine. In France, groundwater less than 10 km from the famous Champagne vineyards has tested positive for radioactive contamination, caused by a nearby leaking nuclear waste dump:'We have been told for decades that nuclear dumpsites will not leak and that the best standards are being applied. In reality the dumpsite in Normandy is a disaster, and radioactivity is already leaking from the dumpsite in Champagne,' said Shaun ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, energy, food, France, nuclear power, waste (all these topics) |
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David Roberts |
21 Mar 2005 |
Gristmill |
| On Energy Priorities, a short but interesting piece on France's struggles with nuclear waste. The good bit:Every day, about ten shipping containers arrive on trucks at the Soulaines-Dhuys storage facility outside Troyes, in the province of Ardennes, 180 kilometers east of Paris. On board are barrels of waste that isn't radioactive enough to be stored at Marcoule. Every year, 15,000 cubic meters of waste contaminated with uranium, plutonium and tritium arrive here. The ... |
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