Environment

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  Environment

  2020-08-18

  New facility in Almaty will enable safer storage of radioactive materials

  The construction of the storage facility, in co-operation with the US Department of Energy and Global Affairs Canada, is 'vital' to the security of these dangerous materials.

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  Environment

  2020-08-05

  Work begins on cleanup of Soviet-era Kyrgyz uranium waste sites

  The Soviets abandoned several such sites in Central Asia, bequeathing radioactive, toxic waste that endangers public health and the environment.

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  Environment

  2020-05-07

  European bank continues uranium remediation work in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan

  Efforts to clean up the mess that the Soviet Union left behind are continuing despite the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Environment

  2019-12-17

  Kyrgyzstan bans uranium mining as it struggles to deal with Soviet waste

  Central Asia served as a key source of uranium for the former Soviet Union, which left behind a host of security and environmental issues.

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  Environment

  2019-09-09

  Central Asia's Soviet legacy leaves region particularly vulnerable to climate change

  The Soviet Union saddled Central Asia with fossil-fuel-dependent power plants, and the successor Russian state's continuing negligent practices with radioactive materials is a blight on the region.

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  Environment

  2019-08-23

  Ignoring warnings, Russia launches floating nuclear reactor in Arctic

  The move came despite a deadly explosion involving an experimental nuclear-powered missile this month and amid a long history of radioactive misadventures, many of which in Central Asia.

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  Environment

  2019-07-10

  EU-backed cleanup of Soviet-era uranium waste in Central Asia set to start in fall

  Central Asia served as a key source of uranium in the former Soviet Union, which left behind a host of security and environmental issues.

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  Environment

  2019-05-01

  New EBRD grant is aimed at tackling harmful Soviet uranium legacy in Kyrgyzstan

  The former Soviet Union left a trail of toxic devastation for which Russia has shirked responsibility.

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  Environment

  2019-03-06

  World Bank to implement $58 million clean water project in Tajikistan

  More than 400,000 inhabitants will gain access to cleaner drinking water and about 100,000 inhabitants will benefit from investments in sanitation facilities under the project.

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  Environment

  2019-02-18

  World Bank helps enhance Central Asian weather, climate and water information

  The Central Asia Hydrometeorology Modernisation Project has benefited Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan greatly.