France reaches deal to return nuclear waste to Germany

Energy Daily

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Paris (AFP) June 17, 2021

France will send Germany's remaining nuclear waste back to its neighbour by 2024 under a deal between the countries, the two governments said Thursday. German energy firms had sent spent fuel from their nuclear reactors for treatment, but deals that would have kept the material in France until 2040 were considered as not complying with French law that requires treated waste be returned to it

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