Vital Waste Graphics
RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Thus jokes Oleg, the leader of an NGO in Central Asia when he plans field trips through the region. In fact, this is almost not a joke considering that the area is home to many radio- active dumps. This specific type of waste, inherited from the Soviet era, poses serious management problem, recog- nized both by governments and international organizations. For example, around the Fergana Valley, in a region prone to landslides, radioactive tailing ponds have the potential to flow into rivers and contaminate the drinking water of millions of people. Radioactive waste exits in many other areas – dumped in the Barents Sea, or simply abandoned in forests and fields all over the territory of Georgia.
What is radioactive waste? Radioactive waste is any material that contains a concentration of radionuclides greater than those deemed safe by na- tional authorities, and for which no use is foreseen. Because of the wide variety of nuclear applications, the amounts, types and even physical forms of radioactive waste vary considerably – some waste remain radioactive for hundreds or thou- sands of years, while others may require storage for only a short period, while they decay, prior to conventional disposal. (In- ternational Atomic Energy Agency).
Radioactive, chemical and biological waste in Central Asia
Kiziliar (Petropavlosk)
RUSSIA
Kustanau
KAZSABTON (former Tselinny Mining and Chemical Combine)
RUSSIA
Makinsk
T o b o l
Volga
PAVLODAR
Oral
I s h y m
Semey (Semipalatinsk)
Kurchatov
KASPUTIN YAR
U r a l
Astana
LIRA (Burlinskiy)
I r t y s h
Aktobe
UST- KAMENOGORSK
STEPNOGORSK
R
R
Karagandy
AZGYR
SEMIPALATINSK- KURCHATOV TEST SITE
Zaisan
Atyrau
LAKE BALKHASH
KAZAKHSTAN
VOZROZHDENIJE PENINSULA
Tyuratam
Say-Utes
AKTAU MANGYSHLAK ATOMIC ENERGY COMBINE (MAEK)
S y r - D a ri a
Kzyl-Orda
SAY-UTES TEST SITE
ARAL SEA
(Closed)
STEPNOYE
ALATAU INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS
OTAR ALMATY
MINING DIRECTORATE No. 6
KASKOR JSC (former Prikaspiyskiy Mining and Metallurgy Combine)
TSENTRALNOYE
KARA- BALTA
R
KARAKALPAKSTAN
AK-TUZ
NUKUS
AZERBAIJAN
Bishkek
KADZHI-SAY
UCH-KUDUC
MIN-KUSH
SHEKAFTAR TEREK-SAY
Dashoguz Urgench
ULUGBEK
KYRGYZSTAN
Turkmenbashi
R
UZBEKISTAN
Tashkent CHARKASSAR
A m u - D a r i a
MAILU-SUU
Osh
Navoy
CHINA
TURKMENISTAN
CASPIAN SEA
TEO-MOYUN
Bukhara
FERGHANA
KHAIDARKAN
ZAFARABAD
NURABAD
Turkmenabad
Ashgabad
VOSTOKREDMET (CHKALOVSK) AND TABOSHAR
R
Mary
Dushanbe
TAJIKISTAN
IRAN
Former nuclear test site with possible remaining radioactive wastes
PAKISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
0
200
400
600 km
Nuclear power plant
Uranium mining and milling facility. Radioactive waste related to exploitation Chemical and biological research center or production plants being dismantled
Radioactive waste storage site generally poorly maintained, and alleged to pose a significant risk to health and environment Old radioactive waste site (early 20th century)
Active Power reactor
Closed
Research reactor Active
Non-radioactive waste site (mercury, antimony)
Fuel production
Closed
R
R
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