1958 Mailuu-Suu tailings dam failure
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1958 Mailuu-Suu tailings dam failure
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The 1958 Mailuu-Suu tailings dam failure in the industrial town of Mailuu-Suu,, Jalal-Abad Region, southern Kyrgyzstan, caused the uncontrolled release of 600,000 cubic metres (21,000,000 cu ft) of radioactive waste. The event caused several direct casualties and widespread environmental damage. It was the single worst incident in a region of arid, mountainous western Kyrgyzstan, with a collection of shuttered Soviet-era uranium mining and processing sites, a legacy of extensive radioactive wast
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1958 dam failure in Central Asia
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2024-04-20T10:16:58Z
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