Thuringia / GDR / 8 / 1990 Uranium dumps near Ronneburg, These pointed cone dumps remain inaccessible for a long time. They are fastened so that the rain does not flush radioactive substances into the groundwater. The remediation of the uranium dumps will cost more than 6 billion euros. Mining shaft in the foreground, it is still in operation / uranium dumps / Wismut / environment / nuclear / landscape The German-Soviet joint stock company was founded after the formation of the GDR, to enable the Soviet Union to continue to have access to the uranium in the Ore Mountains. From 1946 to 1990,

Thuringia / GDR / 8 / 1990 Uranium dumps near Ronneburg, These pointed cone dumps remain inaccessible for a long time. They are fastened so that the rain does not flush radioactive substances into the groundwater. The remediation of the uranium dumps will cost more than 6 billion euros. Mining shaft in the foreground, it is still in operation / uranium dumps / Wismut / environment / nuclear / landscape The German-Soviet joint stock company was founded after the formation of the GDR, to enable the Soviet Union to continue to have access to the uranium in the Ore Mountains. From 1946 to 1990, Stock Photo

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4780 x 2343 px | 40.5 x 19.8 cm | 15.9 x 7.8 inches | 300dpi

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1 January 1990

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Berlin, Thuringia,Berlin/City State, Germany

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Paul Glaser/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Thuringia, uranium mine 1990. Thuringia / GDR / 8 / 1990 Uranium dumps near Ronneburg, These pointed cone dumps remain inaccessible for a long time. They are fastened so that the rain does not flush radioactive substances into the groundwater. The remediation of the uranium dumps will cost more than 6 billion euros. Mining shaft in the foreground, it is still in operation / uranium dumps / Wismut / environment / nuclear / landscape The German-Soviet joint stock company was founded after the formation of the GDR, to enable the Soviet Union to continue to have access to the uranium in the Ore Mountains. From 1946 to 1990, more than 200, 000 tons of uranium ore were mined. When uranium mining was stopped in 1990, huge areas of overburden rubble and sludge had to be cleaned up, which will cost about 8 billion euros. Old shafts had to be backfilled, dumps were secured and planted, radioactive equipment had to be brought underground. The area around Aue in Saxony and eastern Thuringia around Ronneburg is affected. / Uranium mining [automated translation]. Date created: 01/01/1990-31/12/1990

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