Chemical Factory Mailu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan
From series “The Most Radioactive Zones on the Planet”
The sunny Kyrgyzstan, which is famous for its wonderful mountain scenery and fertile soils, has areas that are contaminated with nuclear waste. The most polluted is a fabulously beautiful mountain region Mailu-Suu. Tests of nuclear weapons were never conducted there and nuclear power plants were never built. During the past decades, uranium was being mined at these places. The environment is suffering because of this industrial activity. Huge amounts of radioactive elements are vented daily.
In 1946, the eponymous industrial city was founded in Mailuu-Suu district, whose residents were employed in the mining business. The name of the mountain area is literally translated as the oily water. In 1903, large deposits of oil have been discovered there. Uranium mines were closed in 1968. It was decided to build a new lamp factory instead of mines, which would provide job to citizens.
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