However, due to concerns about the proposed new plant's impact upon the local environment, the authorities in Krasnoyarsk county have cast their votes against the project. This opposition is also reflected in the results of a regional referendum in which a very large majority voted against it. The operation in Zheleznogorsk of the three plutonium production reactors and the radiochemical plant have resulted in very large amounts of radioactive waste. Solid radioactive waste is stored in storage facilities dedicated to the purpose within the confines of the Combine. Liquid Radioactive Waste Liquid radioactive waste from the facilities is discharged into reservoirs or else injected into deep holding wells.
Work is now underway to fill in that particular reservoir with soil.
These mountain formations near the repository are from the Jurassic age and consist of sandstone, crystalline formations, granite and gneiss. At Plant No. 2, low level waste with a total volume of 2.5 million m3 has been injected 190- 225 m down into the ground. A number of holes have been drilled into the ground all around the repository for the purpose of monitoring and arresting any subsequent leaks, but it is claimed that despite these precautions, liquid waste can still spread out of the repository towards the River Bol. Very few geologic surveys have been made in the north-eastern part of the repository. In the event that the RT-2 reprocessing facility is ever completed, the liquid waste generated there will be transported to a new repository on the western side of the Yenisey River.