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1957 chelyabinsk
Date: 29 September 1957
Location: Mayak Scientific-Production Association, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk, Russia, USSR
Type of event: chemical explosion in stored nuclear wastes
Description: The accident occurred at a facility involved in processing and storage of nuclear wastes. Following removal of plutonium, liquid high-level nitrate-containing wastes were stored in underground stainless steel tanks in concrete trenches. The tanks were located about 2 km from the plant, each with a volume of about 300 cubic meters. The tanks included heat exchangers to remove heat buildup in the tanks. The heat exchanger on one tank was shut down in 1956 due to a fault, and it was concluded it was safe to leave the tank uncooled. However, water evaporation in the tank allowed a buildup of nitrates and acetates on the surface of the tank's contents, in contact with air, before a spark from monitoring equipment detonated the contents on 29 Sept. 1957. This chemical explosion had an energy release of 5-10 tons of TNT, releasing about 70- 80 tons of wastes with a total activity of about 20 megacuries.
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Bellona
November 28, 2017
In 1957, during Moscow's scramble to advance the nuclear arms race, a tank of ... Chelyabinsk regional public safety minister responded to the ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
November 27, 2017
Puzzlingly, on Oct. 9, regional authorities in the Chelyabinsk region, ... The Mayak spill in 1957 is often compared in its severity with the two ...
UNIAN
November 21, 2017
Evgeny Savchenko, the Chelyabinsk region's minister of public security, ... in 1957 was the site of one of the worst nuclear accidents in history.
Quotidiano.net
November 21, 2017
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The Moscow Times
November 21, 2017
... were located in Chelyabinsk region, the site of the Mayak nuclear facility. ... One of its storage facilities exploded in 1957 — a fact that went ...
The Guardian
November 21, 2017
Evgeny Savchenko, the top health and safety official in Chelyabinsk ... In 1957 Mayak was the site of one of the worst nuclear disasters in ...
AirlineGeeks.com
November 1, 2017
When started in 1957 as a branch of the Soviet Union government, the ... This was followed by acquiring both Chelyabinsk Airlines and Enkor.
Bellona
October 2, 2017
... it's easy to forget that a radioactive explosion back in 1957 near an ... Kutepova, who has long battled Chelyabinsk officialdom on behalf of ...
The National
September 29, 2017
ON September 29, 1957, a massive explosion took place at the Mayak ... was Chelyabinsk-65 — near Kyshtym in Chelyabinsk Oblast on the east side of the Ural ...
Greenpeace International (blog)
September 29, 2017
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The Independent Barents Observer
August 17, 2017
Formerly known under the code-name Chelyabinsk-65, the secret town ... In 1957, an improperly stored underground tank of high-level liquid ...
Open Democracy
August 6, 2017
The Tomino copper ore repository was opened back in 1957. And seeing as the environmental situation in Chelyabinsk was already poor, ...
PetaPixel (blog)
May 24, 2017
In 1957, the Kyshtym disaster happened near Russia's closed city of Chelyabinsk-65, 120 kilometers from the border with Kazakhstan.
Open Democracy
January 18, 2017
Until the fall of communism, Chelyabinsk was closed to foreigners because of ... Then in 1957 the river was unaccountably declared safe again.
euronews
April 22, 2016
We've studied the first radiological effects following the 1957 nuclear explosion in Chelyabinsk. Our scientists have studied the consequences ...
Phys.Org
December 31, 1999
... Mayak nuclear facility in the Chelyabinsk region detected "extremely ... waste exploded in 1957, prompting the evacuation of nearly 13,000Â ...
Vox
December 31, 1999
... the Mayak nuclear facility in the Chelyabinsk region. The site was used to make fuel for nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors, and in 1957, ...
Open Democracy
August 6, 2017
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The Atlantic
March 22, 2017
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Open Democracy
January 18, 2017
Until the fall of communism, Chelyabinsk was closed to foreigners because of ... Then in 1957 the river was unaccountably declared safe again.
The Guardian
July 20, 2016
Ozersk, codenamed City 40, was the birthplace of the Soviet nuclear weapons programme. Now it is one of the most contaminated places onÃÂ ...
Numismatic News
February 11, 2017
That is the spin the Art-Grani metal working company in Zlatoust in the Chelyabinsk region in south central Russia has put on a new medal that the company is now promoting.
Open Democracy
January 18, 2017
She has been reporting from Russia for almost 40 years and visiting Chelyabinsk, an industrial city in the Urals for the last 23.
KALW
September 29, 2016
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Straight.com
August 24, 2016
"And remember the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013? An asteroid that size could ... alludes to the U.S.
Russia Beyond the Headlines
August 3, 2016
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Hollywood Reporter
July 5, 2016
Teddy Rooney appeared with his father as the son of his dad's legendary character (now a grown-up) in Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958) and on a 1960 installment of General Electric Theater, and, earlier, he acted alongside his mom on a 1957 episode of ...
Bradford Era
May 1, 2016
In this photo taken on Thursday, April 7, 2016, an old man fishes in a lake that connects to the nearby Techa River, near the village of Muslyumovo, Chelyabinsk region, Russia, which is polluted with radioactive waste from Mayak nuclear plant. ... In ...
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
April 30, 2016
AP photo An old man fishes earlier this month in a lake that connects to the nearby Techa River, near the village of Muslyumovo, Chelyabinsk region, Russia, which is polluted with radioactive waste from Mayak nuclear plant. ... In September 1957 ...
Cherokee Tribune Ledger News
April 29, 2016
In this photo taken on Thursday, April 7, 2016, an old man fishes in a lake that connects to the nearby Techa River, near the village of Muslyumovo, Chelyabinsk region, Russia, which is polluted with radioactive waste from Mayak nuclear plant. ..... In ...
Albany Times Union
April 29, 2016
In this photo taken on Friday April 8, 2016, a sign warns people not to enter the town of Ozersk, Chelyabinsk region, Russia, which houses the Mayak nuclear facility.
euronews
April 22, 2016
Siamo stati i primi a studiare le conseguenze radiologiche dell'incidente nucleare avvenuto a Chelyabinsk nel 1957. Nel 1986 praticamente tutti i membri della mia squadra di lavoro sono stati inviati a Chernobyl. Prima per brevi periodi e poi in pianta ...
euronews
April 22, 2016
We've studied the first radiological effects following the 1957 nuclear explosion in Chelyabinsk. Our scientists have studied the consequences on the environment.
The Inquisitr
April 19, 2016
Local authorities found the miniature corpse in May 1996 near the town of Kyshtym in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia. The body had been in the possession of Tamara Vasilievna Prosvirina, an elderly peasant woman from the village of ... Skeptics noted ...
Green Left Weekly
April 14, 2016
Until Chernobyl, the worst nuclear accident on record was in September 1957 at a dump site near the town of Ozyorsk (Chelyabinsk) in Russia's Southern Urals region. Improperly stored reactor waste overheated, causing a huge chemical explosion that leftÃÂ ...
StopFake.org
April 12, 2016
A special focus of the work of Planet of Hopes was to defend the rights of victims of radiation. Ozersk is located in the southern Urals near the site of the Mayak nuclear power plant that experienced a devastating accident on 29 September 1957 ...
UrbanPost
March 24, 2016
Il 29 settembre 1957 esplose un serbatoio di stoccaggio di rifiuti radioattivi liberando una nube tossica che si sparse per 2300 kmq contaminando una superficie pari alla Sicilia ed immettendo nell'atmosfera il doppio del materiale contaminato ...
Mindanao Examiner
February 16, 2016
"Their fueling begins 10 days before the launch and, therefore, they are unfit for destroying meteorites similar to the Chelyabinsk meteorite in diameter, which are detected several hours before coming close to the Earth. For this purpose ...
Digital Trends
February 13, 2016
"Their fueling begins 10 days before the launch and, therefore, they are unfit for destroying meteorites similar to the Chelyabinsk meteorite in diameter, which are detected several hours before coming close to the Earth. For this purpose ...
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