Cigéo: inquiry commission approves nuclear waste burial project

The Cigéo project plans to bury 83,000 cubic meters of radioactive waste 500 meters underground.

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The public inquiry commission issued a favorable opinion after years of debate.

The waste will remain hazardous for hundreds of thousands of years.

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