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Niger in Western African provides 40-45 per cent of the uranium needed to fuel French nuclear reactors. French companies have been mining uranium in Niger … Sarkozy’s secretRead more

The Monju prototype fast reactor (FBR) in Japan has completed a government-mandated procedure to ensure the reactor is safe to restart following a sodium coolant … After 15 years of fixingRead more

The International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM) has condemned Fast Breeder Reactors. ‘After six decades and the expenditure of the equivalent of tens of billions … Fast Breeder Reactors, What a shameRead more

Of all the nuclear waste France has sent to Russia since 2006 for reprocessing, less than 10% has ever been sent back. That’s 3,090 tonnes … Reprocessing fraudRead more

That was the message Greenpeace Mediterranean took to the Turkey’s parliament yesterday interrupting Prime Minister Erdogan as he addressed his AKP party.

The Pacific Sandpiper, a specially built cargo ship with safety features far in excess of those found on conventional vessels, left Britain’s Barrow port bound … The world’s radioactive rubbish is piling upRead more

What they say: ‘Safe’ What they mean: ‘Produces vast amounts of dangerous waste that will be a burden for the next 240,000 years to while … Nuclear GlossaryRead more

Huntington, WV (HNN) – HNN has confirmed through publicly available, unclassified documents that the workers at the formerly ‘secret’ Huntington Pilot Plant/Reduction Pilot Plant (HPP/RPP) … Workers at Former Huntington Plants Exposed to Plutonium, NeptuniumRead more

In October 2008, Greenpeace published data showing that drinking water around the Caetité uranium mine in the state of Bahia, Brazil was contaminated with uranium … Free ‘Hot’ drinking waterRead more