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Local authorities have flagged the Dobrovolnoye uranium mine as being in the flood zone, Russian investigative site Agentstvo reported on Sunday. By CHRIS SAMUEL, Mon, Apr 22, 2024 , https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1891008/russia-flood-radioactive-leak-threat-uranium-mines Russian environmentalists have issued a dire warning over the threat of a radioactive leak threat as floodwaters near a uranium mine in the country's Kurgan region. The Russian Urals region and northern…

Nearly four decades ago today, the Soviet Union witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history when the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded.

A uranium mine in Kurgan in Russia's Urals mountains was reportedly submerged by flooding, sparking radioactive leak fears.

The leak is likely to lead to a spike in serious illnesses associated with radiation poisoning among local inhabitants.

Russia's Urals region and neighboring northern Kazakhstan have suffered the worst flooding in 80 years.