Making the Russian Bomb

Cochran, Thomas B.; Norris, Robert S.; Bukharin, Oleg

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“…The explosion reported by Tumerman refers most probably to the events of the Kyshtym Disaster that happened on 29 September 1957. As is known today, the accident occurred due to a faulty cooling system that caused overheating and the non-nuclear explosion of the underground tanks with dried-out high-level liquid nuclear waste (Aarkrog et al 1992, 70–71; Cochran et al 1995, 104–7; 1993, 520–21; Trabalka et al 1979, 3–4). The radioactive fallout spread within an elongated zone 300 km long and 30–50 km wide.…”

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“…According to the scientific observations, most of the radionuclides from the early fallout usually concentrate in the very top layers of the topsoil. Such a situation caused the danger of those particles in time becoming airborne, or spread further with water due to erosion or other environmental factors (Cochran et al 1995, 103, 522). Therefore, groups of Soviet liquidators attempted to clean up contamination within the open areas—arable fields and pastures.…”

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A Nuclear Generator of Clouds: Accidents and Radioactive Contamination Identified on Declassified Satellite Photographs in the Mayak Chemical Combine, Southern Urals

Kiarszys¹

2021

CAJ

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The Mayak Chemical Combine was one of the most secretive places in the Soviet Union. It was built in the southern Urals, close to Kyshtym. The facility produced weapons-grade plutonium and other radioactive isotopes for the Soviet nuclear military programme. Fugitives from behind the Iron Curtain mentioned the site, usually due to accidents and peculiar, unexplained observations. Such reports were often treated in the West as exaggerated or fictional, as they spoke of large-scale disasters, deportations and vast landscape transformations. This paper aims to present the research potential of declassified Cold War intelligence records for archaeological landscape studies of off-limits military sites. To outline a somewhat broader perspective, I will combine those sources with contemporary historical knowledge and modern remote sensing data. The analysis will be focused on the Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] satellite imagery (CORONA and GAMBIT) from the 1960s to the beginning of the 1970s. The discussed sources recorded outcomes of nuclear disasters, hundreds of square kilometres of uninhabited wasteland, abandoned villages, disappearing lakes, dying forests, diverted rivers, and other features related to this clandestine plutonium facility.

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A Nuclear Generator of Clouds: Accidents and Radioactive Contamination Identified on Declassified Satellite Photographs in the Mayak Chemical Combine, Southern Urals

Kiarszys¹

2021

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“Struggle for Peace, in their Own Land” as the Philosophy of the “Nevada-Semipalatinsk” Movement

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2023

Human Affairs

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The relevance of the study lies in the need to assess the influence and significance of socio-political movements in stimulating political and social changes, in this case, the anti-nuclear movement in Kazakhstan. This will allow for a deeper understanding of the complexity and multidimensional nature of organised collective actions and may inform future research and policy development related to nuclear testing, environmental issues, and public health. The article aims to define the philosophy of the international anti-nuclear movement, “Nevada-Semey” (“Struggle for peace, on their own land”). The authors point to the causal link that the researched international anti-nuclear campaign is a social phenomenon that emerged as a consequence of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site activity. Therefore, the academic writings, and normative documents concerning the work of this nuclear testing ground and its consequences for the environment and human health are analysed first of all. Journalistic studies, scientific articles, and monographs on the international anti-nuclear movement “Nevada-Semey” are studied and analysed. The authors of the article found and investigated that the studied campaign had its philosophy, along with the main goal it was concerned with humanitarian aid and legal provision for residents of settlements affected by the polygon.

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Making the Russian Bomb

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A Nuclear Generator of Clouds: Accidents and Radioactive Contamination Identified on Declassified Satellite Photographs in the Mayak Chemical Combine, Southern Urals

A Nuclear Generator of Clouds: Accidents and Radioactive Contamination Identified on Declassified Satellite Photographs in the Mayak Chemical Combine, Southern Urals

“Struggle for Peace, in their Own Land” as the Philosophy of the “Nevada-Semipalatinsk” Movement

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