Abstract
The Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries that hosted the former Soviet military installations during the past 48 years are now facing the difficult situation of resolving the environmental legacy associated with the operation of these bases. There are thousands of contaminated sites at the former Soviet military installations in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and the Slovak Republic. There are 171 former Soviet military installations in Hungary alone with at least 20 designated as high-priority sites. The sites include artillery ranges, training grounds, aboveground and underground storage areas and tanks, fueling areas and maintenance and repair areas. They are contaminated with hydrocarbons, heavy metals, acids, PCBs, PAHs, solvents, ordnance, biological agents and numerous other wastes that have contaminated the soil, surface water, and groundwater.
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