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  1. The Kyshtym disaster was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, Soviet Union

  2. The Kyshtym disaster. at Mayak, a plutonium production site for nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel reprocessing plant located in the closed city of Chelyabinsk-40 (now Ozyorsk) in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
    55.712500, 60.848056

  3. Mayak – Permanent storage for radioactive materials from 6,250 tactical nukes Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.

  4. In 1957 Mayak was the site of the Kyshtym disaster, one of the worst nuclear accidents in history

  5. Kyshtym disaster, Mayak, Chelyabinsk-40, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
    Coordinates 55.712500°, 60.848056°.

  6. 55°42’53.75″ N 60°50’50.66″ E
    Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
    I suppose it could be this:
    In 1957, a waste tank exploded at the Mayak nuclear facility in Russia, releasing around 2 million curies of radioactive waste into the air. The explosion exposed at least 22 villages to radiation, and is now considered the world’s third-worst nuclear accident, behind Fukushima and Chernobyl

  7. Кыштымская авария (или Кыштымская катастрофа первая в СССР радиационная чрезвычайная ситуация техногенного характера, возникшая 29 сентября 1957 года на химкомбинате «Маяк», расположенном в закрытом городе Озёрск.

    55°43′01″ с. ш.
    60°49′01″ в. д.

  8. 55° 42′ 45″ N, 60° 50′ 53″ E, location of the Kyshtym disaster. Nearest city is the closed Ozersk.

  9. Mayak nuclear reprocessing plant close to Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

  10. Mayak Production Association
    https://www.google.com/maps/@55.7125,60.848056,2613m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
    The nuclear complex is 150 km south of Ekaterinburg, between the towns of Kasli and Tatysh, and 100 km northwest of Chelyabinsk. The closest city, Ozyorsk, is the central administrative territorial district. As part of the Russian (formerly Soviet) nuclear weapons program, Mayak was formerly known as Chelyabinsk-40 and later as Chelyabinsk-65, referring to the postal codes of the site.

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