DoomsdaysCWFocus: #France seeks strategy as #NuclearWaste site risks saturation point
"We can't have a responsible nuclear policy without taking into account the handling of used fuel and waste. It's a subject we can't sweep under the rug," a government adviser told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
By Benjamin Mallet
February 3, 2023
#LaHague, France, Feb 3 (Reuters) - At a nuclear waste site in Normandy, robotic arms guided by technicians behind a protective shield manoeuvre a pipe that will turn radioactive chemicals into glass as France seeks to make safe the byproducts of its growing reliance on atomic power.
"The fuel-cooling pools in La Hague, on the country's northwestern tip, could be full by the end of the decade and state-owned #Orano, which runs them, says the government needs to outline a long-term strategy to modernise its ageing facilities no later than 2025.
"While more nuclear energy can help France and other countries to reduce planet-warming emissions, environmental campaigners say it replaces one problem with another."
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Focus: France seeks strategy as nuclear waste site risks saturation point
At a nuclear waste site in Normandy, robotic arms guided by technicians behind a protective shield manoeuvre a pipe that will turn radioactive chemicals into glass as France seeks to make safe the byproducts of its growing reliance on atomic power.