PHOTOS: Russia's Radioactive River

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 00:00 in Earth & Climate

Russian nuclear facilities accidentally—and intentionally—filled the Techa River with radioactive waste and turned the region into one of the world's worst toxic dumping grounds. Decades later the people along its banks are still paying the price.

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