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Kazakhstan marks 35 years since Semipalatinsk shutdown
Today, the world celebrates the 35th anniversary of the closure of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site in Kazakhstan, which was the largest Soviet nuclear testing ground for four decades. A total of 456 nuclear tests were conducted at the site between 1949 and 1989, leaving serious health and environmental impacts: over 1.5 million people suffering from cancers and genetic deformities, with long-term environmental destruction affecting both local populations and their surroundings. The closure was driven by widespread popular activism led by the Nevada-Semipalatinsk movement, and its decision transformed Kazakhstan into a global model for nuclear disarmament. Kazakhstan subsequently joined the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and established international initiatives to promote security and peace. Although more than three decades have passed, the effects of the tests continue to impact health and the environment. Kazakhstan remains committed to rehabilitation efforts in cooperation with multiple countries, reaffirming that true security is built not with nuclear power but through dialogue and collaboration.
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