卡拉恰伊湖

卡拉恰伊湖(Lake Karachay)是俄羅斯西部的小型淡水湖，位於車里雅賓斯克州的烏拉爾山脈南部，自1951年用作棄置奧焦爾斯克附近核設施的製造的放射性廢料，1990年測得的放射量是每小時600倫琴NRDC (Nuclear Program Staff Publication) nuc_01009302a_112b.pdf，強度足以使人類在1小時內死亡，是全球污染最嚴重的地區Lenssen, "Nuclear Waste: The Problem that Won't Go Away", Worldwatch Institute, Washington, D.C., 1991: 15.。

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外部連結
Lake Karachay - Open-Air Depository for Radioactive Waste 
Karachay Lake Will Disappear in Five Years 
Radioactive Lake Has Been Practically Annihilated 
Ural Mountains Radiation Pollution 
Chelyabinsk-65
Mayak Radioactive Waste Facilities
Google Maps Image of the lake
"Damn Interesting" article on the lake 

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