Environmental impact of brown coal and uranium mining in East Germany (Documentary, 1991)

In the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union the world became aware of the devastating impact on the environment and on the health of the people by brown coal and uranium mining in the former East Germany and Czechoslovakia. SAG/SDAG Wismut was a uranium mining company in East Germany during the time of the cold war. It produced a total of 230,400 tonnes of uranium between 1947 and 1990 and made East Germany the fourth largest producer of uranium ore in the world at the time. It was the largest single producer of uranium ore in the entire sphere of control of the USSR. In 1991 after German reunification it was transformed into the Wismut GmbH company, owned by the Federal Republic of Germany, which is now responsible for the restoration and environmental cleanup of the former mining and milling areas. The head office of SDAG Wismut / Wismut GmbH is in Chemnitz-Siegmar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wismut_...) Original title: Black Triangle A film by Ron Orders © 1991, Licensed by Cinecontact Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: https://goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook:   / wocomo