Forgotten ground zeros: Local populations exposed to radiation from former nuclear test sites

Magdalena Stawkowski

Forgotten ground zeros: Local populations exposed to radiation from former nuclear test sites

Magdalena Stawkowski

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Abstract

Around the world, hundreds of thousands of people live in and around former nuclear test sites. Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site in Kazakhstan provides both a home and a livelihood for an estimated 50,000 people, but security measures are not yet sufficient to protect them from radioactive waste from the past.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Copenhagen
Publisher	Danish Institute for International Studies
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - Apr 2020

Series	DIIS Policy Brief
Number	April
Volume	2020

Keywords

Kazakhstan
Nuclear security
Nuclear weapons
Radioactivity

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Forgotten ground zeros: Local populations exposed to radiation from former nuclear test sites

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RADIANT: Radioactive Ruins: Security in the Age of the Anthropocene

2023 ARHE Policy Brief Award

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Forgotten ground zeros: Local populations exposed to radiation from former nuclear test sites

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RADIANT: Radioactive Ruins: Security in the Age of the Anthropocene

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2023 ARHE Policy Brief Award

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