Journalists, citing the opinion of environmentalists, reported that the water washed away radioactive uranium salts in Tobol.
Floodwaters in the Kurgan region of the Russian Federation flooded old uranium wells at the Dobrovolnoye deposit. Water contaminated with uranium probably entered the Tobol River. It was reported by Radio Liberty.
The regional environmental organization Foundation for Public Control over the State of the Environment and the Well-Being of the Population published a video the other day, showing that the entire space between the villages of Trud and Znanie and Zverinogolovskoye, where the deposit is located, is flooded.
The flood washed away radioactive waste in Tobol that had accumulated for years near groundwater flowing from old wells, environmentalists said. According to them, the old well may be under water, because the new ones were drilled higher, and the water has not yet reached them,
An expert from the Russian Social-Ecological Union, Andrei Ozharovsky, said that when water wells are flooded, dissolved uranium salts enter the Tobol, which will lead to an increase in their content in the river. This will lead to an increase in diseases due to radiation.
Rosatom’s subsidiaries producing in the Kurgan region say they are monitoring the situation and will not flood the wells. According to the Rosatom press service on April 20, the flood passed through the uranium wells. However, the state corporation’s statement contradicts the video.
On April 22, the water level in the Tobol River was 984 centimeters. In the last few days it has dropped a few centimeters.
We remind you that on April 5, a dam exploded in the Russian Orsk, Orenburg region. The city and surrounding villages were flooded, and the evacuation of the population began. Local authorities have declared a state of emergency.
After the Orenburg region, water began to flood the city of Tomsk.
Source: korrespondent
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