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The aftermath of mining

  • 28 ha of tailings, 80 m deep
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Fier, cupru, uranium si alte metale au fost extrase in minea din Tarnicioara.

Tarnicioara este in Suceva, judestul cel mai impadurit din Romania,  nu departe de monumentele istorice din Bucovina.

Din Frasin, pe 177A, dupa ce trece de Doroteia incepi sa vezi paraul maroniu, nu este mare insa incepi sa te intrebi de ce e asa, simti ca nu poate fi bine insa iti spui ca nu se poate ca aici, tocmai aici, unde natura este atat de frumosa. Mergi mai departe, dupa Ostra, si vezi ruinele fostei fabrici de procesare, fabrica inchisa in 2007 si te poti gandi ca asta este, ca de aici vine tot insa , fara sa stii, deja ai trecut de adevaratul poluator, de barajul de steril care sta ascuns in padure si despre care doar localinici sau cei ce au lucrat in mina stiu. Daca vrei insa sa  il vezi urca prin padure, in partea opusa ruinelor, 250m  si cand ajungi sus ai sa stai fata in fata cu o mare masa de streil, ramasitele a 57 de ani de minerit in zona.

Tarnicioara, Suceava este o problema ecologica despre care putini dintre noi , romanii, stim .  Sterilul se intinde pe mai mult de 28 de hectare cu o adancime de 80m, intr-un loc inconjurat de paduri batrane si simpla sa existenta reprezinta un hazard pentru mediu. Reziduri de metale grele au poluat deja apa – ai vazut asta kilometri inainte -~15000 de oameni sunt afectati , dar putini inteleg efectele si au timp sa se ingrijoreze de asta. Ploi puternice in anii precedenti deja au afectat barjul, apa sa infiltrat in steril si pune presiune pe peretii barajului.

Imaginile au fost fotografiate in vara lui 2015.

                                                                                                   

Iron, copper, uranium and other metals were extracted in Tarnicioara.

Tarnicioara is in Suceava county the moust afourested in Romania, close to the historical sites of Bucovina.

From Frasin if you take the 177A road, after you pass Doroteia you start seeing the brownis stream,  a small stream but you start wandering why is like this,  you feel it can’t be good but you think that among this beauty it can’t be too bad so you go further, pass Ostra, and you see the ruins of the processing factory – the factory closes in 2007- and you may think you found the cause but, unknowingly, by this time you’ve already  pass the main polluter, the toxic sludge dam, tucked away in the forest- Few know of its existence, only the locals and all those people that worked in the mines- but if you want to find it hike through  the forest around 250m , opposite to the ruins  and at the end you will come face to face with a big mass of toxic waste, the remains of 57 years of mining.

Tarnicioara, Suceava is a big ecological problem but very few  know about it. The toxic waste spreads on more than 28 ha of land, with a hight of 80 m, in a place surrounded by old forests and its simple existence is hazardous to the environment. Residues of heavy metals polluted already the water – you started seeing it kilometers before and – 15000 people are affected by it but, few know or have time to worry about it . Heavy rain have already weakened the dam, the water infiltrated the toxic sludge putting  more pressure over the walls of the dam.

 

The images were captured 2015, summer.

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