When the Soviet Union collapsed a vast store of spent nuclear fuel was abandoned in the Russian Arctic—an environmental disaster waiting to happen. Now, decades later, an international clean-up has finally begun. Nuclear specialists will begin removing nuclear fuel from the site soon and new buildings will be constructed around the area to house the spent nuclear fuel caskets. Specialists estimate it could take 10 years to remove all the fuel.
International cleanup of decades-old nuclear waste begins in Russian Arctic
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