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Delve into Bizhelyak in Russia
Bizhelyak in the region of Chelyabinsk Oblast is located in Russia - some 896 mi or ( 1442 km ) East of Moscow , the country's capital .
Local time in Bizhelyak is now 03:29 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Yekaterinburg " with a UTC offset of 6 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Kungur, Uvil'dy, Syrgaydy, Moseyeva, and Kurmanova. While being here, you might want to check out Kungur . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Bizhelyak ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Interesting facts about this location
Lake Karachay
Lake Karachay, sometimes spelled Karachai, is a small lake in the southern Ural mountains in western Russia. Starting in 1951 the Soviet Union used Karachay as a dumping site for radioactive waste from Mayak, the nearby nuclear waste storage and reprocessing facility, located near the town of Ozyorsk.
Located at 55.68 60.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Kyshtym disaster
The Kyshtym disaster was a radiation contamination incident that occurred on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the Soviet Union. It measured as a Level 6 disaster on the International Nuclear Event Scale, making it the third most serious nuclear accident ever recorded behind the Chernobyl disaster, and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, both Level 7 on the INES. The event occurred in the town of Ozyorsk, a closed city built around the Mayak plant.
Located at 55.72 60.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Mayak
The Mayak Production Association is an industrial complex which is one of the biggest nuclear facilities in the Russian Federation. It housed plutonium production reactors and a reprocessing plant. Located 150 km south-east of Ekaterinburg between the towns of Kasli and Tatysh 72 km northwest of Chelyabinsk, the closest city to the nuclear complex is Ozyorsk, the central administrative territorial district.
Located at 55.71 60.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Techa River
The Techa River is a river on the eastern flank of the southern Ural Mountains noted for its nuclear contamination. It is about 240 km long and its basin is 7,500 square kilometers. It begins at the formerly secret nuclear-processing town of Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast about 80 km northwest of Chelyabinsk and flows northeast to Dalmatovo on the Iset River, a tributary of the Tobol River.
Located at 55.77 60.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
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