Nuclear wasting Pakistan
Published by MAC on 2006-04-28
Nuclear wasting Pakistan
28th April 2006
Last week, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held its annual general meeting in India where, among its aims, is to boost nuclear/uranium power in the region. One of the areas defined by the Bank as among Pakistan's "most backward" is Bagalchur, site of old mines which were the original source of yellowcake used in Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme. Instead of being made safe, the abandoned mines are a continuing source of radioactivity, and now - adding further injury to injury - a site for the dumping of wastes from Pakistan's illegal and deadly nuclear programme.