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Unstable nuclear waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland

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MAILUU-SUU (Kyrgyzstan), April 23 — Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies have revealed. Dams holding some 700,000 cubic metres of uranium mine tailings in Kyrgyzstan have become unreliable following a 2017 landslide. A further landslide or earthquak…

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Unstable nuclear waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland

11 days ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland

MAILUU-SUU, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) – Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies have revealed. Dams holding some 700,000 cubic meters (185 million gallons) of uranium mine tailings in Kyrgyzstan have become unreliable following a 2017 landslide. A further l…

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