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We Know, We Know, You're Sick of Hearing About Tajikistan, but ...
Former Soviet republic littered with radioactive mine sites |
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16 Dec 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| We Know, We Know, You're Sick of Hearing About Tajikistan, but ... Former Soviet republic littered with radioactive mine sites The former Soviet republic of Tajikistan may be on the brink of environmental disaster as decades-old abandoned uranium mines lie open to the elements and some 55 million tons of nuclear waste contaminate the northern part of the country, left in the wake of Stalin's arms race with the U.S. ... |
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| Topics: Asia, nuclear power, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Glow With the Flow
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20 Aug 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Glow With the Flow Artificial lakes containing 50 years of radioactive waste could leak into the rivers of the Ural Mountains within a few years, according to a letter sent by the governor of Russia's Chelyabinsk region to Russia's prime minister last month. The area near the Mayak nuclear reprocessing plant is known as one of the most radioactive places on the planet. Chelyabinsk's vice governor, Gennady ... |
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| Topics: Asia, nuclear power, pollution and waste, Russia (all these topics) |
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