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France issues a 10,000-page dossier to convince people of the safety of the Cigeo nuclear waste site

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Nuclear waste: a 10,000-page dossier to convince people of the safety of
the Cigeo landfill site.

The National Agency for the Management of
Radioactive Waste has submitted a creation authorization application which
opens the way to an investigation phase lasting several years.

This is a major step in view of the possible burial underground in the east of
France, on a still distant horizon, of the most dangerous nuclear waste.

The National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra) announced on
Tuesday, January 17, that it had officially sent the Ministry of Energy
Transition its request for authorization to create (DAC) for the Cigéo
deep geological disposal center on Monday. This file, heavy with 10,000
pages, opens the way to several years of investigation which could lead to
a green light from the authorities for the construction of infrastructures,
on land located on the border of the departments of Meuse and Haute- Marl.

Le Monde 17th Jan 2023

https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2023/01/17/dechets-nucleaires-un-dossier-de-10-000-pages-pour-convaincre-de-la-surete-du-site-d-enfouissement-de-cigeo_6158247_3244.html

January 22, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, wastes