In what environmental watchdogs are calling a “new ecological war against Azerbaijan,” recent revelations suggest that France’s nuclear giant Orano has secretly begun transferring uranium-containing radioactive waste to Armenia, near its conditional border with Azerbaijan. The “Environmental Protection First” (EPF) Coalition, a prominent regional alliance of environmental NGOs, issued a powerful statement condemning the act as an outright threat to ecological and public health security.

The first radioactive shipments began arriving in Dilijan National Park, a protected ecological reserve in Armenia’s highlands, as early as June 2025. The source of the waste? Orano, France’s state-owned nuclear fuel corporation, which, due to sanctions against Russia, lost access to its former storage partner in Siberia. With few options left, Orano has allegedly struck a quiet deal with Armenia to offload its toxic legacy.

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