Radioactive Cesium Beaverlodge Lake

February 9, 2025

Photograph of a bright blue sky, bright blue lake, taken from a desolate brown hilltop, some trees on the opposite shoreline. It is a sunny day.

What looks like a pristine wilderness is in fact soil, a lake, and fish containing radioactive cesium after the decommissioning of the former Eldorado Beaverlodge Uranium Mine and Mill site. I am standing at what used to be Eldorado town and Beaverlodge mine near Uranium City, SK.