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200,000 radioactive barrels are sleeping in the Atlantic, French researchers are launching an unprecedented mission to track them down
24 October 2026 FR futura-terre ⚙ Auto-translated View in original language

200,000 radioactive barrels are sleeping in the Atlantic, French researchers are launching an unprecedented mission to track them down

Even though the practice is now banned, more than 200,000 drums filled with radioactive waste lie at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. What happened to them? Have they had an impact on marine ecosystems? To answer these questions, teams of scientists will soon take the...

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