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Environmental Threat Looms Over Central Asia’s Fertile Fergana Valley Due to Uranium Legacy

(IN BRIEF) The Fergana Valley, a crucial agricultural region in Central Asia, faces a looming environmental crisis resulting from decades-old uranium mining activities. The aftermath of Soviet-era uranium mining, marked by abandoned mines, open tunnels, and improperly managed waste dumps, … Read the full press release

The 1st and 2nd largest uranium producers in the world strengthen their cooperation in the uranium mining industry

(PRESS RELEASE) CHÂTILLON, HAUTS-DE-SEINE, France, 5-Dec-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Orano Mining, the second largest uranium producer in the world owned by the French state, has announced the signature of a memorandum of cooperation with Kazatomprom, the world’s largest producer and … Read the full press release

Highly enriched spent nuclear fuel was removed from Rez Nuclear Research Institute, Czech Republic to the Russian Federation

17-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — In early April of 2013 highly enriched spent nuclear fuel of the LVR-15 research reactor was removed from Rez Nuclear Research Institute, Czech Republic, to the Russian Federation. The fuel was sent to Mayak PA (Chelyabinsk region) … Read the full press release