Radioactive waste in Taboshar

Description

The Taboshar uranium mining site stands on the southern edge of the Kuramin Mountains close the Uzbek – Tajik border. The site consists of a non – rehabilitated open mine, dismantled production buildings, and three tailing sites storing 10 m tones of low grade processed uranium ore. The town of Taboshar with its 12000 inhabitants is only a few kilometres away.