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The French nuclear regulator has deemed the application lodged by national radioactive waste management agency Andra to construct a high-level radioactive waste repository to be admissible for review. This decision enables the launch of the technical appraisal of the application.
Scientists and environmentalists have raised concerns over Japan’s plan to release 1.3 million metric tons of water contaminated during the Fukushima nuclear disaster back into the Pacific Ocean.
Scientists and environmentalists have raised concerns over Japan's plan to release 1.3 million metric tons of water contaminated during the Fukushima nuclear disaster back into the Pacific Ocean.
French radioactive waste management agency Andra has applied for a construction licence for the planned Centre Industriel de Stockage Géologique (Cigéo) deep geological disposal facility for high-level radioactive waste.