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Radioactive Waste Management in Central Asia by Luca Cesare is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Radioactive waste from the Soviet era poses serious management problems in Central Asia. Radioactive tailing ponds near the Fergana Valley have the potential to contaminate drinking water for millions if they were to flow into rivers due to landslides. Large amounts of radioactive waste were also dumped in the Barents Sea and abandoned in forests and fields across Georgia. Proper management of legacy radioactive waste is recognized as an important issue by governments and international organizations in the

Author

Luca Cesare

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EN