Stalkers in the Zone - What is happening at Talvivaara? 23-Nov-2012 [ENG] скачать в хорошем качестве

Stalkers in the Zone - What is happening at Talvivaara? 23-Nov-2012 [ENG]

Witnessing the Talvivaara pollution two weeks after the major gypsum pond leak, outside the mining district. 23-Nov-2012. Sotkamo, Finland. [ENGLISH SUBTITLES] During 2012, against its' original permitted function and purpose, Talvivaara's gypsum pond was heightened and turned into a storage space for poly-metallic, uranium concentrated liquid which was pumped in from the quarry. However, the uranium content was not revealed until the pond started to leak and samples were taken from the liquid. Only few weeks prior to leak the representatives of Talvivaara mining company Plc assured that the uranium is firmly attached to the gypsum. This uranium, which wasn't mentioned in mining applications, environmental impact assessments or in the environmental permit, accumulated at the bottom of the gypsum pond at speed of hundreds of tonnes per year. And there it was intended to stay. But surprisingly, high uranium levels were discovered from the leaking flow. That's because liquid of the gypsum pond was not alkaline, like it was assumed to be, but very acid instead. So the uranium and other metals were dissolved into the liquid and travelled along with the leak. A safe solution and safety measures failed completely. But why? Hundreds of tonnes of uranium had been enriched at the bottom of the gypsum pond and not even the change in acidity was noticed before measuring it from the leak! (For more information: http://stoptalvivaara.org/fi/en_suome...) But why did the acidity change? One of the suggested reasons is that excess water was pumped from the gypsum pond into the quarry and in there those over a million cubic metres of water turned acid. And when the quarry was pumped empty again into the gypsum pond, for continuing the mining operations, nobody seemed to noticed that the liquid was now acid. But there's also an unpleasant possibility that Talvivaara mining company Plc is struggling with problems in bioheap leaching and can't manage their water processes no longer. A police unit investigating the case should pay maximum attention to these details. (For more information: http://stoptalvivaara.org/fi/en_suome...) On this video we visited the area outside the mining district where extensive liming has been proceeded in order to settle the metals from the leaking liquid. Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Agency (TUKES) has not yet made a move considering the problem of polluted soils and marshlands. For the people and inhabitants by the waters downstream the starting point here is that Talvivaara mining company Plc is obliged to come up with a plan for processing the masses of polluted of soil and ground with a help of an reliable, external consultants and specialists. We do not accept an uranium and heavy metal bomb being located by the source of our lakes and rivers. Repairing the damages needs to be started immediately and controlled shut-down procedure of Talvivaara mine needs to be initiated - this was also a message of Stop Talvivaara-demonstration in Helsinki. www.stoptalvivaara.org