URANIUM WASTE
February 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE RISK of millions of tonnes of uranium mining waste being swept by a landslide into the populous Fergana Valley river basin in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikstan has prompted the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to redouble efforts to prevent this tragedy. The OSCE is working with other international organisations and local authorities to secure 23 poorly constructed uranium mining waste dumps at Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, created by the ex-USSR's nuclear weapons programme. These were created using minimal environmental ...
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