The Death of an Aging Nuclear Plant

The Slow, Dangerous Death of an Aging Nuclear Power Plant
Michael Jungblut / Laif / Redux

Industrial Waste
Deemed unsafe by Western standards when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the Soviet-designed reactor complex in Lubmin, a small Baltic resort in northeastern Germany, was once the largest nuclear power station in the German Democratic Republic.

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