In the state pits in the Kirovohrad Oblast, only the essential services for ventilation, pumping out and cleaning of the water work.
Power cut could cause environmental disaster
The operation in the three shafts has ceased, the operating company is about to go bankrupt next spring, reported the news site »Korrespondent.net«. For a long time there have been wage arrears and a lack of protective clothing and equipment.
As the news agency dpa reports, trade unionists also fear a power cut because bills have not been paid. This means that water that penetrates into the area could no longer be pumped out and the area’s groundwater could become radioactively contaminated. According to the correspondent, this could lead to an environmental disaster.
The explosion of block four in the then still Soviet nuclear power plant is considered to be the greatest nuclear disaster in the civilian use of nuclear power. As a result, radioactively contaminated areas around the nuclear ruins were closed. There were thousands dead and injured. Tens of thousands of people have been forcibly relocated.
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