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<title>
St. Petersburg Region 'Has Started To Glow'
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Foreign Broadcast Information Service, June 15, 1992
Russia: St. Petersburg Region 'Has Started To Glow'
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<p>[PRAVDA--RIA-NOVOSTI correspondents' report under the rubric
"Briefly and Clearly". Moscow PRAVDA in Russian 16 Jun 92 p 4]
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<p> [Text] Peter [St. Petersburg] has started to "glow." It is
polluted by radioactive waste sites; moreover, one of the most
dangerous is situated next to the hard currency hotel
"Pribaltiyskaya."
</p>
<p> A certain military unit engaged in secret work involving the
use of radioactive substances was long in operation in the
district of Vasilyevskiy Island near Shkiperskiy Channel. The
work has finished and the military have departed, burying the
radioactive waste right there in the city's soil.
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<p> No less than nine extremely dangerous centers of radioactive
contamination emitting beta-radiation of up to 50,000 particles
per square centimeter per minute, are situated less than 300
meters from the Gulf of Finland. The former authorities
concealed the fact the Vasilyevskiy Island has been made
dangerous to life over an area of almost one hectare.
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