15 radioactive places in Russia and neighboring countries, from which it is better to stay away

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The list of objects in this article is a clear example of what uncontrolled atomic energy, human incompetence and disorder with the environment do.

Production Association "Mayak", Ozersk, Russia

"" Is a colossal complex for the production of components of nuclear weapons, isotopes, storage and regeneration of spent nuclear fuel. In 1957, an accident happened there (after the disasters in Chernobyl and Fukushima), in which about 100 tons of radioactive waste got into the environment. An explosion followed, polluting a huge area.

Since then, the plant has experienced many abnormal situations, accompanied by emissions.

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Siberian Chemical Plant, Seversk, Russia

generates 125,000 tons of solid waste that pollutes the groundwater of the surrounding area. According to unofficial data, wind and rain carry this waste over fairly long distances.

In 1993, there was a release of radioactive substances into the atmosphere and 1,946 people were exposed to radiation.

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Proving ground, city of Semipalatinsk (Semey), Kazakhstan

Known occupies a huge area, which houses a mass of infected objects. The first nuclear explosion in the USSR was carried out here. This test site holds the record for the largest concentration of nuclear explosions in the world. There is an artificial lake that appeared as a result of a nuclear explosion, and many other surprisingly interesting, but very dangerous places.

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Western Mining and Chemical Combine, Mailuu-Suu town, Kyrgyzstan

is one of the most polluted places in the world. Uranium is mined here. The enterprise annually generates and stores nearly 2 million cubic meters of radioactive waste nearby.

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Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Pripyat city, Ukraine

The Pripyat River is still a black obelisk of human activity. The emissions that occurred as a result of the largest man-made disaster even covered the Volga region, but only the area around the station is still a dead zone. The surrounding areas are currently home to more than 6 million people who are constantly exposed to radiation. The nuclear disaster at Chernobyl released into the atmosphere 100 times more radiation than was released as a result of the explosion of nuclear bombs in Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

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Urta-Bulak gas field, Uzbekistan

On this December 1, 1963, an accident occurred with the release of natural gas. During drilling, a reservoir of abnormally high reservoir pressure (AHPP) was pierced, which contained natural gas under a pressure of about 300 atmospheres. The consequences of the accident were eliminated on September 30, 1966 using a directed nuclear charge. As a result, the well was pinched, the accident was eliminated, but the nearby territories were exposed to radiation contamination.

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Aikhal village, Russia

50 kilometers east of the village of Aikhal, on August 24, 1978, within the framework of the Kraton-3 project, an underground explosion was made to study seismic activity. The capacity was 19 kilotons. As a result of these actions, a large radioactive release to the surface occurred. So large that the incident was acknowledged by the government. But underground nuclear explosions were carried out in Yakutia. The increased background is typical for many places even now.

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Udachninsky mining and processing plant, Udachny town, Russia

Within the framework of the "Crystal" project, on October 2, 1974, an overhead explosion with a capacity of 1.7 kilotons was made 2 kilometers from the town of Udachny. The goal was to create a dam for the Udachny mining and processing plant. Unfortunately, there was also a major blowout.

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Canal Pechora - Kama, Krasnovishersk, Russia

100 kilometers north of the city of Krasnovishersk in the Cherdynsky district of the Perm region on March 23, 1971, the project "" was carried out. Within its framework, three charges of 5 kilotons each were blown up for the construction of the Pechora-Kama canal. Since the explosion was superficial, an ejection occurred. A large area was infected, however, where people live today.

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Onshore Technical Base 569, Andreeva Bay, Russia

spent nuclear fuel 55 kilometers north-west of Murmansk and 60 kilometers from the Norwegian border on the shores of Zapadnaya Litsa Bay. In February 1982, a radiation accident occurred here - a leak of radioactive water from the pool. It took six years to clean up the consequences. During this period, more than 700 thousand tons of highly radioactive water flowed out into the waters of the Barents Sea. Now this place is empty. The infection was so serious that its consequences will be felt for a very long time.

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Polygon "Globus-1", Galkino village, Russia

Here in 1971, another peaceful underground explosion was carried out under the project "". Again for the purpose of seismic sounding. Due to poor-quality cementing of the wellbore to place the charge, substances were released into the atmosphere and into the Shachu River. This place is the officially recognized zone of technogenic contamination closest to Moscow.

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Mine "Yunkom", Donetsk city, Ukraine

The so-called "" object. Behind the beautiful name is an underground nuclear explosion with a capacity of 0.3 kilotons, which was carried out on the territory of the Donetsk region of the Ukrainian SSR, on the eastern wing of the Yunkom mine. There were no serious emissions, but at the moment the mine is being filled with water, and environmentalists are quite reasonably afraid of contamination of groundwater over a large area.

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Chazhma Bay, Nakhodka town, Russia

Here, in August 1985, at the pier of the Navy shipyard, the nuclear submarine K-431 of project 675 occurred on the nuclear submarine K-431 of project 675. Pollution covers an area of about 100 thousand square meters. After the liquidation of the accident, the boat was towed for long-term storage in Pavlovsky Bay together with the nuclear submarine K-42 "Rostovsky Komsomolets" of project 627A due to radiation pollution as a result of the same accident.

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Gas condensate field, Krestishche village, Ukraine

Here, another unsuccessful one was carried out in the use of a nuclear explosion for peaceful purposes. More precisely, to eliminate the gas leak from the field, which could not be stopped for a whole year. The explosion was accompanied by a release, a characteristic fungus and contamination of nearby areas. There is no official data on the radiation background at that time.

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Totsk polygon, Buzuluk city, Russia

Once at this test site, an experiment called "" was carried out - the first test of the impact of the consequences of a nuclear explosion on people. During the exercise, the Tu-4 bomber dropped a nuclear bomb with a yield of 38 kilotons of TNT. Approximately three hours after the explosion, 45,000 troops were sent to the contaminated area. Only a few of them are alive. Whether the landfill is currently deactivated is unknown.

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A more detailed list of radioactive sites can be found.