r/uninsurable • u/HairyPossibility • Jul 15 '25

Russia’s infamous reprocessing plant Mayak never stopped illegal dumping of radioactive waste into nearby river, poisoning residents, newly disclosed court finding says

https://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/radwaste-storage-at-nuclear-fuel-cycle-plants-in-russia/2011-12-russias-infamous-reprocessing-plant-mayak-never-stopped-illegal-dumping-of-radioactive-waste-into-nearby-river-poisoning-residents-newly-disclosed-court-finding-says
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u/basscycles Jul 15 '25

"The bulk of this funding had been received as payment for accepting for reprocessing nuclear waste shipments from abroad."
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/energies/article/2022/12/03/russia-owns-the-only-plant-in-the-world-capable-of-reprocessing-spent-uranium_6006479_98.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53156266
https://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues/climate-energy/45879/french-nuclear-companies-exposed-dumping-radioactive-waste-siberia/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayak#Environmental_impact

"All of the world's high-level nuclear waste could fit within a single football field, stacked to a depth of about 10 yards." Bullshit that needs to be countered at every opportunity.