DW DW News November 7, 2019 13:37:00
Of uranium from the mountains surrounding the town providing much of the fuel for the soviet union's 1st nuclear weapons and atomic power plants the resulting radioactive waste millions of tons of so-called uranium tailings was buried around the town 50 years on old protective dams a crumbling and people have started grazing their cattle on what was once a no go zone. i've been working here for 35 years when we came here uranium tailing sites used to be restricted areas locked behind barbed wire now people have built houses and live their lives or work. many of my looses residents have no alte...