Officials Deny As Villagers Die. Ann Imse.
by Imse, Ann; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 45Environment. Publisher: Rocky Mountain News, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Nuclear weapons plants | Radiation injuries | Radioactive pollution | Radioactive waste disposal -- Russia (Federation) | Radioactivity -- Physiological effect | SecrecyDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Raya Khamatov's grandchildren rush to play in the radioactive river running through her back yard when they come to visit. They're too young to understand that the enticing ripples hide perilous bits of strontium-90 and cesium-137. It's been 50 years since the Mayak nuclear weapons plant dumped radioactive waste into the Techa River. But pockets of nuclear contamination still regularly break loose from the marshes upstream, sending an invisible spike of danger downstream toward the Khamatovs' back yard in the farm village of Muslyumovo." (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) This article notes that Mayak's denial that there is currently no contamination in Muslyumovo has "pitted Mayak and the powerful Ministry of Atomic Energy against environmentalists, health officials, regulators and thousands of Russians who believe they are victims of the Russian nuclear bomb program."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Officials Deny As Villagers Die, Feb. 25, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Raya Khamatov's grandchildren rush to play in the radioactive river running through her back yard when they come to visit. They're too young to understand that the enticing ripples hide perilous bits of strontium-90 and cesium-137. It's been 50 years since the Mayak nuclear weapons plant dumped radioactive waste into the Techa River. But pockets of nuclear contamination still regularly break loose from the marshes upstream, sending an invisible spike of danger downstream toward the Khamatovs' back yard in the farm village of Muslyumovo." (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) This article notes that Mayak's denial that there is currently no contamination in Muslyumovo has "pitted Mayak and the powerful Ministry of Atomic Energy against environmentalists, health officials, regulators and thousands of Russians who believe they are victims of the Russian nuclear bomb program."
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