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Re:Animated map of nuclear explosions, 1945-1998 by jurjenh on Monday August 09, 2010 @04:10AM (#1587342)
I recently read that Kazakhstan was one of the USSR's main testing areas, and has suffered tremendously - this due to the fact that a lot of the tests were atmospheric.
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Re:Animated map of nuclear explosions, 1945-1998 by Ras_ on Monday August 09, 2010 @07:36AM (#1587662)
"Between 1949 and the cessation of atomic testing in 1989, 456 explosions were conducted at the STS, including 340 underground (borehole and tunnel) shots and 116 atmospheric (either air-drop or tower shots)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site

Semipalatinsk hosts three of Kazakhstan's four nuclear reactors. They also have one of the world's biggest uranium deposits.

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