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MYSTERIOUS: France pushes ahead with plans for controversial nuclear waste facility | Mind Blowing Facts

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A flag reading "arrêt du nucléaire" (stop nuclear) is pictured during the "Bure'lesques" festival of resistance to the Cigéo high-level nuclear waste landfill project in Bure, Hevilliers, eastern France, on August 6, 2022. AFP - JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN

France's Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) has given the go-ahead for a preliminary assessment for the construction of a centre for radioactive waste disposal near the French town of Bure, in the department of Crease. Final approval for the project, which is highly controversial, may still be years away.

In a statement on Thursday, the ASN gave the green light for a technical assement of the nuclear waste disposal project Cigéo.

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