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Report on the Greenpeace visit to the Priarkunskiy Mountain Chemical Combine (1994)
| Author | Dima Litvinov, Greenpeace |
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| Date | November 1994 |
| Classification | 2.34.5.10/01 (RUSSIA - URANIUM MINING (& CONSEQUENCES)) |
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From the publication:
REPORT ON THE GREENPEACE VISIT TO THE PRIARGUNSKIY MOUNTAIN CHEMICAL COMBINE By Dima Litvinov Greenpeace Sweden In November 1994 a team from Greenpeace Sweden visited the Krasnokamensk region in Eastern Siberia, in order to document the alleged environmental problems associated with uranium production in Russia. The following is a report on this visit. INTRODUCTION This research trip is part of a larger campaign conducted by GP Sweden to document the environmental problems associated with the Swedish nuclear cycle. Uranium mining is notoriously plagued by environmental contamination. It was therefore decided to conduct an in-depth study of the facilities which mine and process the uranium used in Swedish reactors. Approximately 40% of all uranium imported into Sweden comes from the former Soviet Union. According to Albert Shishkin, the General Manager of TECHSNABEXPORT, company which holds a monopoly on foreign sales of Russian uranium, all of the uraniumexported to Sweden from the CIS comes from Russian enrichment centers. At the same time, according to Mr. Shishkin, the natural uranium that is used as raw resource for these centers is no longer delivered from any other Former Soviet Republic besides Russia. Thus it was decided to concentrate the research on the mining and milling complex which produces uranium in Russia. Preliminary research demonstrated that the only existing uranium mining and milling works still running in Russia are operated by the Priargunskiy Mountain Chemical Combine. The Greenpeace team visited the facility between 14 and 18 of November. In order to gain permission to enter the facility, the team had to pose as a crew of a television production company.
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