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Inside a French rural site, Britain is learning how to dispose of nuclear waste

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An underground labyrinth of tunnels being built in the picturesque Champagne countryside in the French countryside is helping British scientists learn how to get rid of nuclear waste. Several countries around the world are building geological disposal facilities (GDFs) deep underground to permanently house the radioactive nuclear waste generated from power plants, nuclear weapons production, … Read more

Huge dump of World War II munitions discovered off the coast of Los Angeles

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It’s not just toxic chemical waste and mysterious barrels littering the seabed off the coast of Los Angeles. Oceanographers have now discovered what appears to be a huge dumping ground of military weaponry. As part of an unprecedented effort to map and better understand the history of ocean dumping in the region, scientists have found … Read more