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Before the 1957 accident, much of the waste was dumped into the Techa River, which severely contaminated it and residents of dozens of riverside villages such as Muslyumovo, who relied on the river as their sole source of drinking, washing, and bathing water. After the 1957 accident, dumping in the Techa River officially ceased, but the waste ...
Before the 1957 accident, much of the waste was dumped into the Techa River, which it severely contaminated as well as residents of dozens of riverside villages such as Muslyumovo, who relied on the river as their sole source of drinking, washing and bathing water. After the 1957 accident, dumping in the Techa River officially ceased, but the ...
In 1957 Mayak was the site of the Kyshtym disaster, which at the time was the worst nuclear accident in history. [8] During this catastrophe, a poorly maintained storage tank exploded, releasing 20 million curies (740 PBq ) in the form of 50–100 tons of high-level radioactive waste .
The Techa River, which provides water to nearby areas, was contaminated, and about 65% of local residents fell ill with radiation sickness. Doctors called it the "special disease" because they were not allowed to note radiation in their diagnoses as long as the facility was secret.
A graph in a report from the U.S. Geological Survery shows how quickly the water rose in the Big Sandy River in a 1957 flood. In Hazard, water was up to 17 feet deep in downtown.
'Ferrari' features a car crash scene that's based on real-life events. Here’s what to know about the tragic crash and why it almost sent Enzo Ferrari to prison.
The Techa (Russian: Те́ча, [ˈtʲet͡ɕə]) is an eastward river on the eastern flank of the southern Ural Mountains noted for its nuclear contamination. It is 243 kilometres (151 mi) long, and its basin covers 7,600 square kilometres (2,900 sq mi). [ 1 ]
A 52-year-old man visiting his cousin in Richland died after being pulled from the Columbia River. William “Billy” V. Orndorff was one of two men in a boat in Finley east of Tri-Cities the ...