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 Stories About: Asia AND nuclear power AND pollution and waste AND Russia
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Glow With the Flow
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20 Aug 2001 |
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| 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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