Sillamae – a secret town for over 40 years

The town of Sillamae in Estonia was a secret for over forty years, closed to the outside world.

During the Soviet regime, factories in Sillamae refined uranium for use in power plants and weapon facilities, and was made inaccessible for security reasons.

Lauren Day and Johanna Lindfors – GEJI students in Helsinki – report from Estonia. See their report here published on the ReportageOnline newssite.