Waste Management

Central Asia / IAEA Warns Of €40 Million Funding Gap For Cleanup Of Soviet Uranium Legacy

By David Dalton
22 September 2021

Five more sites in the region are in urgent need of rehabilitation, says bank in latest update
IAEA Warns Of €40 Million Funding Gap For Cleanup Of Soviet Uranium Legacy
A member of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences monitors radiation levels at a former uranium processing site in Min Kush. Courtesy EBRD.
A funding gap of €40m must be closed to finance urgent work addressing the imminent danger caused by radioactive and toxic waste in Central Asia, according to a new cost estimate published by the International Atomic Energy Agency during its general conference in Vienna.

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