The old metal factory near Techa River. In the period of the contamination the factory used the water from the river. The whole factory and its workers got contaminated with radio-active material. Muslyumovo has been contaminated with radio-active material from 1947 until 1954 when the Mayak Chemical Nuclear Complex dumped their radio-active waste in the Techa River which flows through Muslyumovo. Techa river is still highly radio-active, it is forbidden to swim, or drink from the river or grow vegetables at the banks. The village was never evacuated, most of its inhabitants are sick because of the radiation. (Half life book page 10)