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“The uranium of anger”
Audio 48:30
Areva uranium mine at Arlit in Niger.
© Pierre Verdy/AFP
By: Chantal Lorho Follow
1 min
Investigative journalist Martin Boudot has followed the uranium route: from Niger, where it is blasted from the mines of Arlit to Narbonne, in the south of France, where it is converted into fuel for nuclear power plants.
The observation is the same: soaring levels of radioactivity, residents exposed, worried, victims of long-term poisoning and who are unable to make themselves heard by the authorities as well as the operating company Orano (ex-Areva ).
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“The uranium of anger” is part of the France 5 documentary series “Vert de rage”, it is available for replay on the France TV site until April 6, 2022.
Guests:
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Martin Boudot,
investigative journalist for the Première Lignes agency.
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Bruno Chareyron,
nuclear engineer at
Criirad
, the Independent Commission for Research and Information on Radioactivity.
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For more information:
Criirad (Commission for independent research and information on radioactivity)
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