1
Everything Mining Industry Country Focus How to Guide
 
Intelligence on industry and mining
 
 
Back

The hardly recognised coal miners who limited impact of Soviet nuclear disaster

Unsung Heroes

By:  
Features Deputy Editor and Chief Photographer
 
NUCLEAR DISASTER
It is a little-known fact that a team of coal miners of the former Soviet Union risked their long-term health by playing an integral part in the dangerous task of safemaking, containment and legacy-preparatory works following the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster of 1986.
 
 
 
 
 

Latest content...

Register for daily alerts on news as it breaks in various key economic sectors - Click here to register