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U.N. warns radioactive waste in unsecured sites in Tajikistan

Plant equipment is pictured at France's state-owned nuclear giant Areva's uranium mine on September 26, 2010, in Arlit, Niger. The United Nations warned Friday that nearly 55 million tonnes of radioactive waste from old Soviet-era uranian mines remain in unsecured sites in northern Tajikistan. Image via AFP

The United Nations warned Friday that nearly 55 million tonnes of radioactive waste from old Soviet-era uranian mines remain in unsecured sites in northern Tajikistan. The former Soviet republic, where Stalin’s empire once mined uranium to create its first nuclear bomb, is still stuck with about 54.8 million tonnes of…

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Nuclear waste train nears journey’s end

The Castro transport nuclear waste train. Image from AFP.

A shipment of radioactive waste was nearing its final destination in Germany Monday after a five-day journey from France marked by sometimes violent clashes between police and protesters. The train carrying 11 containers of radioactive nuclear waste arrived in the northern German town of Dannenberg shortly after 0400 GMT after running the gauntlet of protesters trying to block its journey. The authorities were…

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