Читаю wikipedia:Soviet atomic bomb project:
The mineralogist Vladimir Vernadsky had made a number of public calls even before 1917 for a survey of Russia's uranium deposits. But such surveys were never made, as it was discovered that the main motivation for uranium ores at the time—radium, which had scientific as well as medical uses—could be retrieved from borehole water from the Ukhta oilfields.

И понимаю, что это про мой родной посёлок Водный. Именно там добывали радий из воды, отсюда, собственно, и название посёлка.

Воистину, мир тесен.