Radioactive Waste Buried By Russia
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MOSCOW, March 14. Russia buried its radioactive waste in huge underground bunkers shielded by giant slabs of concrete, the newspaper “Sovetskaya Rossia” said. It said liquid nuclear waste was turned into pulp with the aid of cement and then poured on to atomic slag before being stowed underground. The waste, carried in protective containers, was taken to centrally-administered disposal dumps on special trucks;, it said. The bunkers, far removed from human habitation, were surrounded by deep wells, where ground and air samples were taken regularly for checking. Experts kept a close watch on subsoil waters although they lay much deeper than the dumps, the newspaper said. The waste storage was so secure that geiger counters in the area gave off only a slight click, indicating that there
was an insignificant radiation background. Grass and flowers grew on top of the huge concrete slabs which protected the bunkers, the newspaper added.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31320, 16 March 1967, Page 7
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