Składowisko odpadów radioaktywnych w Kirgistanie

A truck transports Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump to new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work in...

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

Perizat Berdaliyeva, 83, a retired former accountant at the uranium mine, is pictured in the town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 1...

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

Trucks transport Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump to new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work in th...

A truck transports Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump to new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work in...

A truck transports Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump to new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work in...

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

Local resident Nazgul Zarylbek, 25, is pictured at her house in the town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by VYACHE...

Bakytbek Asankulov, the Kyrgyz emergency situations ministry's employee in charge of radioactive security, stands near new "Dalneye" tailings dump ami...

Bakytbek Asankulov, the Kyrgyz emergency situations ministry's employee in charge of radioactive security, stands near Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump amid th...

Bakytbek Asankulov, the Kyrgyz emergency situations ministry's employee in charge of radioactive security, leaves the administration building in the t...

Bakytbek Asankulov, the Kyrgyz emergency situations ministry's employee in charge of radioactive security, stands near Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump amid th...

Workers wash a truck transporting Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump, as it leaves new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the...

Workers wash a truck transporting Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump, as it leaves new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the...

Workers wash a truck transporting Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump, as it leaves new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the...

Workers wash a truck transporting Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump, as it leaves new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the...

A worker measures the level of radioactivity of a truck transporting Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump, at new "Dalney...

Workers wash a truck transporting Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump, as it leaves new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the...

A worker measures the level of radioactivity of a truck transporting Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump, at new "Dalney...

Workers measure the level of radioactivity of a truck transporting Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump, at new "Dalneye"...

Workers measure the level of radioactivity of a truck loaded with Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste as it leaves Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump amid the o...

Workers measure the level of radioactivity of a truck loaded with Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste as it leaves Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump amid the o...

A truck transports Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump to new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work in...

Workers wash a truck transporting Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump, as it leaves new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the...

An aerial view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 18, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

An aerial view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 18, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

Workers operate heavy machinery at Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work over Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste, which is to be re...

Workers operate heavy machinery at Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work over Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste, which is to be re...

Workers operate heavy machinery at Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work over Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste, which is to be re...

Workers operate heavy machinery at Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work over Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste, which is to be re...

Trucks transport Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump to new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work in th...

Trucks transport Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump to new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work in th...

Workers operate heavy machinery at Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work over Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste, which is to be re...

A truck transports Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump to new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work in...

A truck loaded with Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste leaves Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work in the town of Min-Kush, some 3...

A truck transports Soviet-era radioactive nuclear waste from Tuyuk-Suu tailings dump to new "Dalneye" tailings dump amid the ongoing disposal work in...

Bakytbek Asankulov, the Kyrgyz emergency situations ministry's employee in charge of radioactive security, stands near new "Dalneye" tailings dump ami...

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 18, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 18, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

A view of the Kyrgyz town of Min-Kush, some 300 kms from Bishkek, on October 18, 2024. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)