Greenpeace: Nuke Waste in France Water

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-eur/2006/may/31/053102586.html

PARIS (AP) - Greenpeace said nuclear waste from a storage facility is seeping into groundwater in the Champagne region of France and threatening vineyards that produce the sparkling wine.

The environmental group presented the French Senate on Tuesday with a report saying that groundwater samples 6 miles from champagne vineyards showed contamination from a nuclear waste facility in Soulaines.

The group also took samples from near the other major nuclear waste site in France - the Manche region on the English Channel - that they said contained radioactivity levels 170 times higher than European legislation allows.

The French Senate is to debate a bill this week that calls for storing the country's most dangerous nuclear waste deep underground in sealed containers. Other countries, including the United States, already bury nuclear waste.

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[Selatius]

1. That wine's gonna be glowing as well as sparkling. n/t