After the closure of a uranium mine managed by the French company Orano , il est constaté que la ville, D'Arlit, in northern Niger, sinks into 20 million tons of radioactive waste.

People living in the city of Arlit region are exposed to radiation levels that exceed the limits recommended by health experts. Note that the country is the fifth largest producer of uranium in the world. The French nuclear society then and Areva now style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, “serif"> Orano began exploiting the country's uranium reserves in the 1970s. Forty-seven years later, in March 2021, the Cominak mines near the northern town of Arlit closed. européenne The company supplied to the Union near of 25% of its uranium supplies, which has generated electricity for millions of homes.

After its closure, it let the local population live with 20 million tons of radioactive sludge at the mine site, according to information made public by the Commission indépendante de recherche et d' information sur la radioactivité (CRIIRAD) basée en France . According to the CRIIRAD scientist, waste Bruno Chareyron, “les produces a radioactive gas called “ radon ” . The strong desert wind spreads radioactive dust that is then inhaled by the surrounding population.” Soil and groundwater have also been contaminated.