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![[DRC] Expert recording radiation readings at Shinkolobwe mine, DRC. In November 2004, the Joint UNEP/OCHA Environmental Unit undertook an environmental assessment mission of the uranium mine that collapsed in July 2004 killing 9 people.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/200411922.jpg.webp?itok=HdTkZhKP "Expert enregistrant le taux de radioactivité sur la mine d'uranium de Shinkolobwe, en République démocratique du Congo. L'effondrement de la mine en juillet 2004 avait fait neuf morts")
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