From English Russia: Radioactive village

The Chernobyl nuclear accident was not the first radiological disaster in the old Soviet Union. Radioactive waste poured into the Techa near the southwestern Siberian town of Muslyumovo in the early 1950s. A few years ago most of the 4,000 residents were moved out because of the toxicity of the place.

English Russia has a pictorial essay of what Muslyumovo looks like today.

Over the years the Norwegian site Bellona has been keeping a close eye on this sad village.
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