The lasting toll of Semipalatinsk's nuclear testing BY TOGZHAN KASSENOVA

The lasting toll of Semipalatinsk's nuclear testing
BY TOGZHAN KASSENOVA
On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union exploded its first nuclear weapon at the Semipalatinsk Test Site on the Kazakh steppe. Today, six decades later, the health impacts are still being felt.

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