Say-Utes
| Location: | 100-115km south-southeast of the village of Say-Utes in Mangystau Oblast.[1] |
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| Subordinate To: | N/A |
| Size: | N/A |
| Facility Status: | Non-operational |
Three peaceful nuclear explosions were conducted at Say-Utes during 1969-1970.[2,3,4]
Sources:
[1] Smantay Tleubergenov, Poligony Kazakhstana (Almaty: Gylym, 1997), pp. 56, 134.
[2] Smantay Tleubergenov, Ekologiya cheloveka (Almaty: Gylym, 1993), p. 195.
[3] Information provided to NISNP by the Kazakhstan Atomic Energy Agency, 26 October 1996.
[4] "Radiation Situation on the Territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan," Aziya-Ezh, No. 47, November 1996, p. 23; in "Kazakhstan: Results of Radioactive Contamination Study," FBIS-SOV-96-252-S.
This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS.
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