20 March 2002
Politics/environment-Brest-opposition-radioactivity Youth activists demand end to nuclear waste site construction
Activists of the opposition youth group Zubr in Brest have begun collecting signatures to a demand that the authorities stop building a radioactive waste dump site 20 kilometers off the city.
The site, located near the villages of Zhemchuzhina, Dubok and Borovaya close to a large forest, is being built for radioactive soil from the former uranium transshipment points, 802 and Zapadny, in central Brest. The authorities have so far ignored protests from villagers and
non-governmental organizations.
Zubr activists intend to send their demand with the signatures to the Belarusian ruler, the National Assembly, the region governor and the contractor. "Belarus has areas contaminated as a result of the
Chernobyl accident, and it would be logical to dump the radioactive soil there, not in a clean area of the country," says Zubr's appeal.
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