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> > 
> > One project being explored by Russia is to pump spent nuclear wastes
> > under the permafrost to melt and release the gases.
> > 

In other places in Russia the warming climate is thawing the permafrost 
(especially in peat deposits) and releasing great amounts of methane.  
Methane is 
50 times as efficient a green house gas as carbon dioxide.  Thaw enough 
permafrost and you will greatly speed up the accumulation of green house 
gases.