Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, posing a grave risk of a Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they were to collapse Such a catastrophe would render the region uninhabitable Let's delve into the details:
- Current Situation:
- The dams, which contain approximately 700,000 cubic meters (185 million gallons) of uranium mine tailings, are located in Kyrgyzstan
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- The dams, which contain approximately 700,000 cubic meters (185 million gallons) of uranium mine tailings, are located in Kyrgyzstan
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