Radioactive and other environmental threats to the United States and the Arctic resulting from past Soviet activities
Earlier this year the Senate Intelligence Committee began to receive reports from environmental and nuclear scientists in Russia detailing the reckless nuclear waste disposal practices, nuclear accidents and the use of nuclear detonations. We found that information disturbing to say the least. Also...
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ftunivnotexas:info:ark/67531/metadc625037 2023-05-15T14:48:09+02:00 Radioactive and other environmental threats to the United States and the Arctic resulting from past Soviet activities United States. Congress. Senate. 1993 614 p. Text https://doi.org/10.2172/106447 http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc625037/ English eng United States. Department of Energy. other: TI95016366 rep-no: S-HRG--95016366 doi:10.2172/106447 osti: 106447 http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc625037/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc625037 Other Information: PBD: [1993] Alaska Pollution Sources 05 Nuclear Fuels Ussr Contamination Proceedings 54 Environmental Sciences Radioactive Waste Management Arctic Regions Safety Report 1993 ftunivnotexas https://doi.org/10.2172/106447 2016-05-21T22:11:04Z Earlier this year the Senate Intelligence Committee began to receive reports from environmental and nuclear scientists in Russia detailing the reckless nuclear waste disposal practices, nuclear accidents and the use of nuclear detonations. We found that information disturbing to say the least. Also troubling is the fact that 15 Chernobyl style RBMK nuclear power reactors continue to operate in the former Soviet Union today. These reactors lack a containment structure and they`re designed in such a way that nuclear reaction can actually increase when the reactor overheats. As scientists here at the University of Alaska have documented, polar air masses and prevailing weather patterns provide a pathway for radioactive contaminants from Eastern Europe and Western Russia, where many of these reactors are located. The threats presented by those potential radioactive risks are just a part of a larger Arctic pollution problem. Every day, industrial activities of the former Soviet Union continue to create pollutants. I think we should face up to the reality that in a country struggling for economic survival, environment protection isn`t necessarily the high priority. And that could be very troubling news for the Arctic in the future. Report Arctic Arctic pollution Alaska University of North Texas: UNT Digital Library Arctic |
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Earlier this year the Senate Intelligence Committee began to receive reports from environmental and nuclear scientists in Russia detailing the reckless nuclear waste disposal practices, nuclear accidents and the use of nuclear detonations. We found that information disturbing to say the least. Also troubling is the fact that 15 Chernobyl style RBMK nuclear power reactors continue to operate in the former Soviet Union today. These reactors lack a containment structure and they`re designed in such a way that nuclear reaction can actually increase when the reactor overheats. As scientists here at the University of Alaska have documented, polar air masses and prevailing weather patterns provide a pathway for radioactive contaminants from Eastern Europe and Western Russia, where many of these reactors are located. The threats presented by those potential radioactive risks are just a part of a larger Arctic pollution problem. Every day, industrial activities of the former Soviet Union continue to create pollutants. I think we should face up to the reality that in a country struggling for economic survival, environment protection isn`t necessarily the high priority. And that could be very troubling news for the Arctic in the future. |
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