Pollution of Lake Karachay
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pollution-of-lake-karachay-188-10849722
title:
Pollution of Lake Karachay
text:
Lake Karachay was a small natural lake in eastern Russia. It is best known for its use as a dumping ground by the Soviet Union's Mayak nuclear weapons laboratory and fuel reprocessing plant. A string of accidents and disasters at the Mayak facility has contaminated much of the surrounding area with highly radioactive waste. In the 1960s, the lake began to dry out and its area had dropped from 0.5 km in 1951 to 0.15 km by the end of 1993. In 1968, following a drought in the region, the wind car
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Radioactive contamination of Lake Karachay
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution_of_Lake_Karachay
date created:
2013-12-01T16:07:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T22:34:34Z
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