Radiation impacts of the E40 waterway

Constructing the 2,000 km long E40 waterway connecting the Black Sea and the Baltic could pose increased radiation risk for millions of people. The waterway would cut through the Chernobyl exclusion zone and could disturb and distribute radioactive sludge, threatening the lives of construction workers and the wider population. An expert study on the radiation impacts of the waterway was released by the French non-governmental organization “Association pour le Contrôle de la Radioactivité dans l’Ouest” (AC