According to Rosatom, no radioactive materials entered the flooded Tobol River

The Russian nuclear energy company, Rosatom, denied that a uranium mine in Russia’s Kurgan region was flooded due to the flooding of the Tobol River.

In their statement sent to Telex, they wrote: “Contrary to recent claims by anti-nuclear interest groups, the floods in the Kurgan area did not affect the facilities of the Dalur mining company. The mining area is located on high ground, far from the area affected by the flood, so it was not affected by the flood. The water level in the Zverinogolovskoye district is already falling, the development of the flood situation is being closely monitored by the local authorities and the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. There are no signs of any water contamination.”

Previously, the Russian fact-finding newspaper Agentstvo wrote that, according to environmentalists, radioactive sludge may have entered the water of the flooded Tobol River. Eco-activists in the region have been trying to ban uranium mining in the area for years because they fear that radioactive solution will enter the groundwater and then into the Tobol.

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