Abandoned Siberian factory could cause Chernobyl-style disaster, warns official

A Russian state official warned on Wednesday that an abandoned chemicals factory in Siberia could cause an environmental disaster akin to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident unless urgent action is taken to tackle it.The Usolyekhimprom plant, which produced chlorine and other chemicals in the Irkutsk region, was abandoned due to bankruptcy in 2017, according to Russian news agencies.The official, Svetlana Radionova, said she had recently visited the facility and, among other things, discovered w