French MPs urge Macron to provide data about nuclear waste buried in Algeria
15 Apr 2021; MEMO: Nine French MPs have called on President Emmanuel Macron to provide data and maps about nuclear waste sites in Algeria, agencies reported yesterday. The French conducted nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara in the 1960s.
"You now have the opportunity to take concrete action in favour of the civilians and the environment which continue to be affected by nuclear waste buried by France in the sands of the Algerian Sahara," the MPs told Macron. "You must seize it."