Gastre (from Tehuelche Gástrrek, meaning "shrub") is a village in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Gastre Department. It was founded in 1904. The place was the center of a controversy in the early 1990s when Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission proposed to build a deep borehole disposal in the area.Hace 20 años la provincia prohibía el desarrollo de la energía atómica El Litoral, 11 April 2011 It was intended for radioactive waste to stay in the area for "1,000 years" until the radiation reached a non-lethal level.
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