Experts raise alarm: Could flood waters cause an uranium disaster in Russia? | DW News
People in Russia's Kurgan region have been dealing with weeks of unprecedented flooding that's forced thousands from their homes. Now they could be facing a new danger. Russian environmentalists are raising the alarm over a potential radioactive leak. The source: the Dobrovolnoye uranium mine located near Kurgan on the Russian-Kazakh border. The mine contains over 7,000 tons of Uranium and is in the path of rising floodwaters. Flooding means it's possible that radioactive material could poison rivers and freshwater sources in the region. The Russian nuclear energy agency Rosatom says that small amounts of uranium in drinking water are unproblematic, and they're accusing the population of “radiophobia”. Is the issue being downplayed?
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How strange that the Russians have not yet accused Ukraine of this
@foilhat1138
Ай бұрын
The uranium was seen fleeing towards Ukraine.
@lkklMakOffKa
Ай бұрын
If some of these “wells” were dug during Gorbachev’s time (Ukrainian leader of Soviet Union), then technically at least one Ukrainian can be blamed for this problem. ^_^
@TheYoutubeUser69
Ай бұрын
@@lkklMakOffKa gorbachev wasnt ukrainian though. born in Priwolnoje...
@sergeybebenin
Ай бұрын
Just wait 😂
@stevemcgowen
Ай бұрын
They have.
Hats off to this expert for boldly telling the truth. He being in Russia and reporting this......he has very big balls
@f_pie
Ай бұрын
who woudn't like some ruski uranium soup?
@AJ-jx5gm
Ай бұрын
He will prob be deemed a tall building enthusiast very soon...
@OleScratch1
Ай бұрын
very big and glowing with radioactivity type balls 😁
@j.e3651
Ай бұрын
Nah according to many only putin lives there no civilians, mothers, fathers, children. the only thing you hear is Putin doing stuff and its bad.
@alexbukovsky4621
Ай бұрын
"Truth" backed by the typical Western hysteria that inflates every news episode about how terrible things are in Russia. Feed on bile, what else can we expect from you.
"Radiaphobic" is a crazy way of labeling people who don't want to drink water that contains material used to make nuclear weapons😂😂
@fkykas
Ай бұрын
Well same as "rusophobic" used for anyone that disagrees with russia invading neighbouring countries.
@PraneshSacher
Ай бұрын
but there is also a Putophobic these are people who do not want to go to war for an imperialistic dictator.
@CraftyF0X
Ай бұрын
Modern N. weapons mostly use Plutonium. Radiation of uranium is pretty low. Would I drink the water ? Nope. Uranium is also a heavy metal and heavy metal posoning kills you much faster than its radiotoxicity.
@friedrichjunzt
Ай бұрын
@@PraneshSachervery few, actually. Most russians love their Tzar or fear him enough to sacrifice themselfes for his needs.
@bojangprodoktschns5428
Ай бұрын
It's even more cynical when you know that the concept of Radiophobia has been used extensively to trivialise and play down the health issues of thousands of liquidators and civilians after Chernobyl.
Dont go near the window, i am afraid he might fall out of window after this interview.
@puraLusa
Ай бұрын
Ya, the dude is in trouble. He probably knows and has already accepted it.
@user-ko5ul7yi1x
Ай бұрын
1st floor windows are fine though but still, be careful, assailant might smash him into it and use the broken glass to impale him.
@PeterLamin-pi6rv
Ай бұрын
Don't go near a pool if you are a cook😁🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🤭🤭🤭🤭
No problem…it’s not in Moscow so who would or should care in Russia? Not Vlad, that’s for sure. 😂
@leohorishny9561
Ай бұрын
This!
Oh no, imagine that an environmental catastrophe in russia caused by russia tsk tsk
@PeterLamin-pi6rv
Ай бұрын
Like East Palestine, Ohio no problem 😂😂😂 because the USFDA said so😅😅😅
@stevemcgowen
Ай бұрын
@@PeterLamin-pi6rvbecause trump deregulated rail safety standards.
@walleyperch
Ай бұрын
@@PeterLamin-pi6rvright, US is no Saint when it comes to clean drinking water either… Just google it and many places have polluted water ie Flint Michigan, Pensacola Florida etc etc…
@kinngrimm
Ай бұрын
Well we here in germany, by using certain vertelizers(that has trace amounts of uranium) from africa, we poisoned our agriclutural fields over decades(5 to 7) and only now very slowly it shows in the groundwater more and more. In 1-2 decades a time may come were certain areas drinking water will be therefor radioactive to a degree that it is not anylonger consumable.
This is special radiation operation
Sounds like that officials are huge Fallout fans.
Massive disaster, but war is more important....
@JohnK004
Ай бұрын
@@nuke_Godjira 60 billion is pennies for US and you know it very well, it's literally just 1/4 of elona muskovas wealth alone, for the US as a whole it's just pocket change...
@sergeybebenin
Ай бұрын
@@nuke_Godjira defenders have no options. Occupants can always leave and focus on their own problems. USA is helping defend European peace
@michaelhorath6851
Ай бұрын
@@nuke_Godjira 60 BILLION IS PENNIES FOR US !!! ENJOY IT !!!🤡💪💪💪
@lorenzoblum868
Ай бұрын
And let's not mention the carbon / toxicity boot print of the elephant in the room aka the military industrial complex....
@lorenzoblum868
Ай бұрын
@@bonnie7898 the MIC worldwide.
Putin's private military operation is more important.
@sergeybebenin
Ай бұрын
It's not private. Ordinary russo citizens are occupying Ukraine.
@Thor.Jorgensen
Ай бұрын
@@sergeybebenin I think he meant special military operation. Or alternatively the Russian special military vacation.
Who could have known that being "not interested in politics" and having the same strongman in Power for 20 yrs would result in Desaster! 😮
@user-xt5yz8wm7z
Ай бұрын
Western troll 🤣🤣
@davidallen6434
Ай бұрын
Disaster And Its Going To Get Much Worse Before It Gets Better. I'm Checking The News Everyday Waiting For Armageddon Right Now.
Same thing happened during Chernobyl disaster. Government was hiding the truth and saying people are panicking for no reason.
@jptrainor
Ай бұрын
There's absolutely no comparison to be made between Chernobyl and this situation. This old mine site, BTW, has flood in the past.
@sergeybebenin
Ай бұрын
@@jptrainor 🤦♂️ I'm not comparing accidents. I'm comparing government reactions to downplay dangers. Get it now? If not, I can't help you. I was there during 1986 and now see direct parallels.
@jptrainor
Ай бұрын
@@sergeybebenin They're too different to compare any aspect.
@sergeybebenin
Ай бұрын
@@jptrainor Actually no. In both cases radiation is involved. In both cases it's caused by government negligence. In both cases the government is authoritarian. In both causes the government is trying to downplay the danger.
@jptrainor
Ай бұрын
@@sergeybebenin Totally different concentrations, totally different elements and Isotopes.
“…if monkeys can spook.” This guy is great.
The river is part of the drinking water supply.
Everyday they talk about nuclear now they see even the waste is a danger to them
Too late, the radioactive mud already flowed into their river...
@gr83172
Ай бұрын
😂😅😂
its called KARMA
@personnamed2764
Ай бұрын
Sounds like corruption in the government. The normal civilians aren't to blame.
Explaining such a complex and complicated issue in such a short amount of time is a masterpiece. Your expert is really awesome. Thank you!
"Well well well..."
@PeterLamin-pi6rv
Ай бұрын
DU, Agent Orange is fine😂😂😂. Western hypocrisy 😁😁🎯🎯🎯
@gr83172
Ай бұрын
… and wells of contaminated waters! 😂😅😂
Uranium fountains? Wow.
Typical Russian safety: zero
@ZYX261
Ай бұрын
😂 👍
@brandonmesser2503
Ай бұрын
We use ISR. Nasa invented it. Its actually safer than convetional mining as long as the geological area is correct.
Man Russia sure does have it's hands full.
''Radiophobia''😂🤣😅 The Soviets/russians are something else.
orcs are not afraid of radiation. They even dug in in chernobyl
@blackmantis3130
Ай бұрын
Wouldn't that make Ukranians orcs as well?
@schloops8473
Ай бұрын
@@blackmantis3130 no as Ukrainians haven't done that
@pillcard
Ай бұрын
@@blackmantis3130 simple logic is too much for him
@blackmantis3130
Ай бұрын
@@pillcard so people who used to live in Chernobyl weren't Ukranian?
@samaelingressio525
Ай бұрын
yeah, it was so convenient, cause some of them have already prepared a pit for yourself...😂
it's not a flooding , it's a special radioactive cleaning operation 😂
Will be forgotten tomorrow by those "nuclear is safe and clean" advocates.
@davecooper3238
Ай бұрын
Handled properly there is no reason that should not be the case.
@fenrirgg
Ай бұрын
@@davecooper3238 _"handed properly communism works."_ That's how nuclear nuts sound.
Hope this man stays safe
"A uranium..." It sounds like it starts with a consonant sound, thus it retains the "a".
Solar and wind energy does not have radiation
Probably blame the UK or US as usual !
no problems russians will never know about this news unless it will be aired in their local goverment news.
It’s not only radioactive material, but all kind of heavy metals being released in the mining process. Uranium obviously also being severely toxic as a heavy metal. I would argue mining is the primary reason to why we shouldn’t use nuclear power. It’s environmentally horrible to mine. And people working there and living nearby is always affected. Native Americans and Aboriginals in Australia have suffered horrible fates. And God knows who have being harmed in Russia. But no one strangely talks about this issue. “Only” about possible nuclear plant accidents and the problems with storing of nuclear waste. Also much of the uranium used in Europe seems to be imported from Russia. Minerals in Africa also to a large extent being controlled by Russian thugs. Why… Because we don’t want to mine it ourself due to the environmental hazards.
@TheShadowOfZama
Ай бұрын
You can make that case for mining in general though and we need mining to keep our technology even bronze age people were mining. Without proper protection there's not much difference in the health dangers to mining coal and mining uranium as both will lead to you succumbing to nasty diseases. Not to mention whilst environment hazards did indeed lead to the shutting down of many European Uranium mines it is not the sole reason for European mines being phased out. There were also those that shut down due to no longer being competitive with for example African and Russian mines. If you complain about nuclear power then you should also realize what taking nuclear power away would mean. It would mean all that energy would need to come from other sources and not all nations have good conditions for green power to really take over. This would make those nations highly dependent on the nations that do have a good climate for solar and/or wind and/or hydro) and Europe is a good example of what can happen when nations are too dependent on others (*cough* Russia *cough*) for their energy. Or energy costs would sky rocket due to there not being sufficient supply. If there hadn't been an irrational fear of nuclear power for decades imagine how much better nuclear power could have been now with improved technologies similar to how you can't compare an old Ford model T's emissions with modern car emissions.
Nuka Cola
Welp, it was nice knowing that guy... guaranteed he's gonna "disappear" pretty soon...
God doesn't sleep. Orcs will get blessed water!!
Don't worry, everything is going according to plan😷
Karma.
Russia seems to be a country founded on nuclear stuff but they can't deal with that properly.
@icu17siberia
Ай бұрын
low skill levels make maintenance hard for Russia
Radioactive water? Cope..
A justiça Divina nunca falha.
Where is Putin? .. Down in his bunker … He doesn’t care.
Well a guess that's a little bit of karma 😅
Karma
PROTECT THIS MAN AT ALL COSTS!!!
As long as it just affects Russia, no problem…
Thank You,DW.
Happy days
Great guy!
I went to the Kurgan a few days ago, there were people bagging the road. The water was a little bit on the road, but it was on the side of the Tyumen, and there was no flood.
That’s the problem during a war declaring, Mission Accomplished. Live and learn, or not?
Very Special..nice
Any chernobyl liquidators left to clean up radiation.
FREE UKRAINE.
I thought Radiophobia is what you get when a Bruno Mars song comes on.
Not a corner of Russia without a “super fund”site. Not to mention International waters. Arctic dotted with Russian/Soviet haz waste site, toxic chemicals, nuclear waste and worse reactors in sunken nuclear vessels. The world would be a better place if Russians return to the former size of a Duchy on smaller tributary of Volga, Moscow. Lets make it happen.
Hats off to the Balls of this Russian Nuclear Waste Expert. 👏👏
No such things as alians its russians glowing green
Ой, кажется тут вырисовывается состав статьи "госизмена" 🙈
The area has been cleaned 10 years ago
Yes please
Kudos to the expert, now who knows if he will still be alive a few days from now...russian ''democracy'' doesn't allow such mistakes...
A uranium..
Russias decline will continue quicker A land on the edge of desaster. A consequence when a government decides to go to war to other countries. Hasta la Vista Russia 😂😂😂
Climate change make the use of nuclear energy a challenge. But maybe the Russians find a way to get uranium with submarines and the French cool down river water with renewable energy, so nuclear power plants have enough cool water to operate... And what about E-fuels? Use a lot of renewable to take carbon from the athmosphere and throw it in again, so you dant have to wait 30 minutes to recharge an EV for 1/3 of the amount of energy. Makes total sense.
why does he seem not afraid to say this... its usually followed by him taking up cigarette smoking as other b4 him
C'mon floods and plagues.
Let it go......
russia, the gift that keeps on giving 🙄
That location fallout zone for long time i meant for a long thousand years .add place should not go or be aware in future
@PeterLamin-pi6rv
Ай бұрын
Blinki Islands 😮😮😮
@jptrainor
Ай бұрын
It's not a "fallout zone". They're mining not exploding the stuff.
@hyndriandelmundo6855
Ай бұрын
@@jptrainor ok .but ⁉️ question how toxic and dangerous are for long term .that my cost cancer and other health issue long term .we are not talking about name and type disaster. terms my similar calamity ☢️ fallout calamity
@jptrainor
Ай бұрын
@@hyndriandelmundo6855 Good question. We need numbers for that. Not emotional hand waiving.
"is the issue being downplayed by the goverment?" 😂😂
Nature gets the last laugh.... always
All time russian ,,bordak"
So they don’t want to drink the water well they shouldn’t of opened the mine😂😂😂😂
And a third of the earth is polluted.
Its an old mine site. It flooded once in the 1990s as well. There should be concrete data from that event.
Could be karma
Prost! 😂
My question is did some CIA agent dug those wells? 🤔
This is Russia's strategy to create Hulks to win the war.
Not like Putin cares about his serfs...
Radiophobia?, OMG! 🤪🤪
they can ask putin to stop that madness in Ukraine and do smt in their own country
And all rivers lead to the sea eventually so the rest of the marine life will have dire consequences too 🐟🌊🧐
I fear for this guy, for speaking about ruSSia disaster with Western media
Kremlin thinking of ways to blame this on NATO..
Skoll😂😂😂
That people is not looking after the mines at all that is way.That is so sick of people playing around with people and the animals lifes What sort or people are you over there in that mines . This is so sick really . The mine people must doing something to pup the water out , to clean up the mines.The mines is not a loud to doing that in the first place.The mine people must leaning up the mine that is the right way to doing in the fist place.Stand up and doing something.This is really sick of people on the mine working place, not thinking to doing not dangerous minening. They must working save at the mines to. The the people and animal's coming first.Not the mine's🙏🙌🙋
Pootin loves Russia just look at the help the flood victims are getting.
The ruler will not care about ... or asking for technical and financial aid from taxpayers ... But of course germany will support ... for press-footages and solidarity of our pupet-government with the pupeteer Putin.
LOL
Maybe worry about your own country?
its part of putin human experimentation to creates super human like hulk to fight his war
fallout4 russia mod coming
The next move from the cabal, when does it stop???
So called goofy experts and clowns.
The "expert" says that is very harmful for the environment to use underground leacing of uranium. It is actually more safe for the environment way to leach uranium from sandstones, compared to conventional mining from rocks.
@schloops8473
Ай бұрын
sure igor, suuuuuure
@pillcard
Ай бұрын
@@schloops8473 look for "in-situ leaching" or "in-situ recovery" and educate yourself a bit
@jptrainor
Ай бұрын
@@schloops8473Same method is used in multiple locations in the US precisely because it is environmentally friendly than alternatives.
@pillcard
Ай бұрын
@@schloops8473 look for "in-situ leaching" or "in-situ recovery" and educate yourself a bit
No need to be unduly worried. They know how to manage that very well.
you all are talking about climate but disaster alone you all are making in this world we are leaving
When mother nature gives back what you have done to it a. Disaster
"Move along, nothing to see here".. Amazing how he can find the money to run his war, while their pipes blow in the winter and his dam burst in the spring. cant wait to see what surprise waits for the russian people when summer hits