Gastre

Gastre

Gastre

Village in Chubut, Argentina

Gastre (from Tehuelche Gástrrek, meaning "shrub") is a village in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Gastre Department. It was founded in 1904. The place was the center of a controversy in the early 1990s when Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission proposed to build a deep borehole disposal in the area.[1] It was intended for radioactive waste to stay in the area for "1,000 years" until the radiation reached a non-lethal level.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Hace 20 años la provincia prohibía el desarrollo de la energía atómica El Litoral, 11 April 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. [2]
    "Argentina faces growing environmental waste problemUPI NewsFeature". UPI. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  • Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
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