Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant CIA Files - Paperless Archives

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A key feature of the site is the method of handling radioactive waste. According
to Moscow Trud waste is 10 be injected between layers of clay at a depth of 700 meters.
The injection location is some 20 kIn from the site of the reprocessing plant on the
opposite side of the Yenisey River. Some 50 meters under the river, a tunnel has already
been completed to carry the waste. It is the tunnel and the decision to inject liquid waste
into the ground that is the focus of the controversy.
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