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Niger: Areva, Greenpeace and the uranium contamination
The giant of the French nuclear group, which exploits the uranium mines, since about forty years, is seriously pinned by Greenpeace. THE environmentalist NGO accuses it, at least, of sanitary carelessness towards the local populations and asks to the World Health Organization (WHO) to lead an independent epidemiological study.
In a report published at the beginning of May, it denounced the mismanagement of the process of extraction of the radioactive ore. “The explosions and the drillings entailed the formation of big clouds of dust. Industrial waste and mud are piled up open-air and the movement of million tons of earth could contaminate the subterranean water supply “, so asserts Greenpeace..
The NGO proceeded, in November 2009, to a series of samplings for analysis, near the cities where operates Areva. “On 4 of 5 samples of water taken in the region of Arlit, the concentration in uranium was superior to the limit recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO)”. In the streets of Akokan, the level of the radiation rates was approximately 500 times upper to the normal levels “, it was indicated.» For less than one hour exposure a day, a person would be exposed to a radiation superior to the annual authorized maximal rate. «That is more than needed, effectively, to legitimise a more pushed investigation. Greenpeace noticed.