Environmentalists fear uranium mining in Karelia

The Norwegian Bellona Foundation says it is ready to help local activists oppose uranium mining in the Republic of Karelia

Bellona representative Rashid Alimov in last week’s press conference in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, said that his organisation is ready to give legal assistance to the local population in the areas of the uranium reserves. -The development of the uranium ores is a dangerous project, […] After all, the toxic substances might end up in the Onega lake, Mr. Alimov said. Last year, a Moscow-based company acquired the 25-year license for extraction of uranium ore in a peninsula north in the great Onega Lake. The mining plans have stirred major worries among the local population, Stolica.onego.ru reports.

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