Areva trying to block TV documentary on residual contamination left around former uranium mine sites in France

Comments:   According to web page of the local, Canadian uranium corporation, uses France as example of the perfect uranium mining, well, duh, France has ruin their land, air and water with uranium mining and nuke power! Thanks KM!

Areva trying to block TV documentary on residual contamination left around former uranium mine sites in France

Areva, once again, spares no efforts to prove that it rightly received the 2008 Public Eye Award as one of "the world's most irresponsible companies":

On Feb. 11, 2009, public service TV chain France 3 plans to air a programme on the residual contamination found at former uranium mine sites all over France.

The broadcast titled "Uranium : le scandale de la France contaminée" (Uranium: the scandal of contaminated France) is to be aired in the monthly programme Pièces à conviction (Incriminating evidence).

According to the programme's investigators, 300 million tonnes of radioactive waste have been left at 210 former uranium mining sites in France without any protective measures nor surveillance.

Areva announced on Jan. 29, 2009, to call the regulatory authority Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) to prevent the airing of the programme. (AFP/Le Républicain Lorrain Jan. 30, 2009)

Wednesday, February 11 - 20h35
Pièces à Conviction n°72 Exhibits No. 72

Uranium : le scandale de la France contaminée Uranium: the scandal of contaminated France

Discreetly in the countryside, nearby villages or towns, highly dangerous radioactive waste have been scattered or buried methodically for decades.

Pire encore, ils ont parfois servi à construire des routes, des parkings, et même des logements, des écoles ou des aires de jeu pour les enfants... Worse, they sometimes used to build roads, parking lots, and even homes, schools or play areas for children ... Sans aucune mise en garde sur les risques encourus ! Without any warning about the risks!

Car entre 1945 et 2001, la France a exploité 210 mines d'uranium sur son territoire. For between 1945 and 2001, France has operated the 210 uranium mines on its territory. Elles ont produit 300 millions de tonnes de déchets radioactifs qui ont été abandonnés sans mesure de protection ou de surveillance particulière. They have produced 300 million tons of radioactive waste were left unprotected or special monitoring.

Qui sont les responsables ? Who is responsible? Pourquoi ceux qui ont tenté de donner l'alerte n'ont-ils jamais été écoutés ? Why those who tried to raise the alarm they have never been heard? Pourquoi l'Etat n'at-il pas alerté les riverains ? Why the State Has not alerted the residents?

Elise Lucet et l'équipe de Pièces à conviction ont mené l'enquête sur ce scandale, au coeur des campagnes et des villes françaises. Elise Lucet and team Exhibits led the investigation into the scandal at the heart of town and country French.

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