Imse, Anne,
Radioactive Hell. Anne Imse. - Rocky Mountain News, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 45, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Radioactive Hell, Feb. 22, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Once numbering several thousand, Tatar Karabolka's population has withered to about 600. The school is down to 61 students. Another 20 children are too sick to attend. The town has just opened its eighth cemetery. And the villagers who still live here grapple with terrible illnesses--diabetes, heart disease, digestive ailments--often all at once. Bodies simply waste away." (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) This article profiles Russia's Mayak nuclear weapons plant, while identifying the ailments that plague Russian villagers who have been "stricken by fallout" from the "once-secret nuclear weapons plant."
1522-3205;
Nuclear weapons--Soviet Union
Nuclear weapons plants
Racism
Radiation injuries
Radioactive pollution
Radioactive waste disposal--Russia (Federation)
Radioactivity--Physiological effect
AC1.S5
050
Radioactive Hell. Anne Imse. - Rocky Mountain News, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 45, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Radioactive Hell, Feb. 22, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Once numbering several thousand, Tatar Karabolka's population has withered to about 600. The school is down to 61 students. Another 20 children are too sick to attend. The town has just opened its eighth cemetery. And the villagers who still live here grapple with terrible illnesses--diabetes, heart disease, digestive ailments--often all at once. Bodies simply waste away." (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) This article profiles Russia's Mayak nuclear weapons plant, while identifying the ailments that plague Russian villagers who have been "stricken by fallout" from the "once-secret nuclear weapons plant."
1522-3205;
Nuclear weapons--Soviet Union
Nuclear weapons plants
Racism
Radiation injuries
Radioactive pollution
Radioactive waste disposal--Russia (Federation)
Radioactivity--Physiological effect
AC1.S5
050