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Delve into Norkino in Russia
Norkino in the region of Chelyabinsk Oblast is located in Russia - some 905 mi or ( 1456 km ) East of Moscow , the country's capital .
Local time in Norkino is now 07:53 AM (Wednesday) . 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, Zarya, Syurakova, Selyayeva, and Novogornyy. While being here, you might want to check out Kungur . Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Norkino ? 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 20 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 23 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 24 km away
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