Twenty years ago today, Kazakhstan closed a dark chapter in its nuclear history by officially shutting down the infamous Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in the northeast Kazakh steppe. Over a 40-year period, the Soviet Union conducted more than a quarter of the world's nuclear tests at the site. Today, locals live with the lasting legacy of the horrendous tests -- birth defects, cancer, and deeply irradiated soil and water.
The Dark Legacy Of Semipalatinsk
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The first Soviet nuclear test at Semipalatinsk on August 29, 1949
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An "atomic" lake formed from a crater remaining after a series of nuclear explosions in the Semipalatinsk region.
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The village of Sarzhal, located near the Semipalatinsk nuclear field
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The soil near a crater formed by a nuclear explosion still has dangerous exposure readings.
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