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The Anti-nuclear movement in Kazakhstan, "Nevada Semipalatinsk", was formed in 1989 and was one of the first major anti-nuclear movements in the former Soviet Union. It attracted thousands of people to its protests and campaigns which eventually led to the closure of the nuclear test site at Semipalatinsk in north-east Kazakhstan in 1991. The United Nations believes that one million people were exposed to radiation and babies are still being born with genetic abnormalities in towns and villages around Semipalatinsk.¹²³

According to UNESCO, Nevada-Semipalatinsk played a positive role in promoting public understanding of "the necessity to fight against nuclear threats".⁴ The movement gained global support and, became "a real historical factor in finding solutions to global ecological problems".⁴

See also

• Semipalatinsk Test Site
• Downwinders
• Kazatomprom
• Energy policy of Kazakhstan
• List of anti-nuclear power groups
• List of books about nuclear issues
• List of Chernobyl-related articles
• List of nuclear whistleblowers
• List of Nuclear-Free Future Award recipients

References

1. ^ World: Asia-Pacific: Kazakh anti-nuclear movement celebrates tenth anniversary
2. ^ Inside the nuclear underworld: Deformity and fear
3. ^ Protests Stop Devastating Nuclear Tests
4. ^ ^{a b} Kazakhstan - Audiovisual documents of the International antinuclear movement “Nevada-Semipalatinsk”

External links

• Nuclear politics and the future security of Kazakhstan