The Mayak Chemical Combine

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Ecodefense

[ 24.12.2011 ]
Russia’s infamous reprocessing plant Mayak never stopped illegal dumping of radioactive waste into nearby river, poisoning residents, newly disclosed court finding says
MOSCOW - The ecological group Ecodefense! has obtained and distributed in the media an official court ruling that confirms what the top Russian nuclear authority Rosatom has vigorously denied for years: The notorious Ural-based nuclear waste reprocessing facility Mayak never ceased to dump radioactive reprocessing byproducts into the nearby river Techa, a source of household water supply for thousands of area homes.
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[ 15.11.2011 ]
Swiss nuclear firm embargos uranium from Russia’s Mayak Chemical Combine over environmental mistrust
One of Switzerland’s leading nuclear utilities, Axpo, has said it will stop receiving shipments of uranium supplies from Russia’s controversial Mayak Chemical Combine on the grounds that the company has not been granted access to examine the Mayak area’s environment first hand.
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[ 29.07.2011 ]
Irradiated Russian region moves to manipulate its Internet image
The Chelyabinsk region, which was the site of one of the world's worst nuclear disasters in 1957 and has been called the most polluted place on earth by American scientists, is embarking on an internet search engine "optimization" campaign to improve its image.
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NEWS
[ 22.10.2008 ]
Russian nuclear oversight body to check federal regulations compliance at several nuke facilities

ST. PETERSBURG - Russia’s Federal Service for Environment, Technology and Nuclear Oversight (Rostekhnadzor) chief Nikolai Kutin confirmed a series of planned inspections to check observance of regulations governing spent nuclear fuel shipping at the Kola Peninsula Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), and the physical safety of nuclear material at the Smolenk NPP and the Mayak Chemical, the service’s press service said.

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[ 02.05.2008 ]
Contractor slapped on wrist for bilking millions out of Ozersk with phony building permits

MOSCOW - The court of the closed nuclear city of Ozersk issued a guilty verdict against a contractor used phony building contracts to completed several projects for the city - and was sentenced to pay less than one percent of the amount he bilked out of the city’s coffers as punishment.

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[ 28.02.2008 ]
Russian Presidential heir pays lip service to ‘solving’ environmental problems

Likely successor to Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev offered a nod in the direction of greater care for Russia’s environment, urging citizens to report ecological damage to prosecutors, Itar-Tass Russian state newswire reported.

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