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Former Soviet nuclear test site in Kazakhstan

SEMEY, Kazakhstan - Soldiers stand in an area more than 1 kilometer from the hypocenter of the former Soviet nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 13, 2011.

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Former Soviet nuclear test site in Kazakhstan

SEMEY, Kazakhstan - A man measures radiation levels in an area more than 1 kilometer from the hypocenter of the former Soviet nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 13, 2011.

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High temperatures detected at former Soviet nuclear test site

MOSCOW, Russia - Researchers in Kazakstan said their recent studies indicate an extensive area at a former Soviet nuclear testing site in the country's Semipalatinsk area has shown abnormal temperatures more 10 degrees higher than those of surrounding areas for unknown reasons. In this infrared photo taken in November 2000 from a satellite, the testing site is shown in the area encircled with black lines and higher temperatures were detected in the red and yellow areas.

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Kazak radiation victim's peace message relayed to Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Paintings, poems and a videotaped peace message from Renata Izmailova, 17, physically handicapped due to exposure as a fetus to radiation from Semipalatinsk nuclear tests in Kazakstan, have been conveyed to Hiroshima. Her father Feat Izmailov, 47, attended this year's ban-the-bomb conference. The photo of the father and daughter was taken in Taldy-Kurgan, Kazakstan, in May 1998.

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Soviet-era nuclear test site

Video taken from a drone on Sept. 16, 2022, shows the "Atomic Lake" at the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. Video taken on Sept. 15, 2022, shows observation tower ruins at the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. Semipalatinsk was once the Soviet Union's primary test area for nuclear weapons.

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Soviet-era nuclear test site

Photo taken on Sept. 15, 2022, shows observation tower ruins at the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. Semipalatinsk was once the Soviet Union's primary test area for nuclear weapons.

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Soviet-era nuclear test site

Photo taken on Sept. 15, 2022, shows an employee of Kazakhstan's National Nuclear Center standing next to an underground structure at the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. Semipalatinsk was once the Soviet Union's primary test area for nuclear weapons.

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Soviet-era nuclear test site

Photo taken on Sept. 15, 2022, shows an employee of Kazakhstan's National Nuclear Center pointing to an old observation tower still standing at the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. Semipalatinsk was once the Soviet Union's primary test area for nuclear weapons.

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Soviet-era nuclear test site

Photo taken on Sept. 16, 2022, shows the "Atomic Lake" at the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. Semipalatinsk was once the Soviet Union's primary test area for nuclear weapons.

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Soviet-era nuclear test site

Photo taken from a drone on Sept. 16, 2022, shows the "Atomic Lake" at the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. Semipalatinsk was once the Soviet Union's primary test area for nuclear weapons.

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High temperatures detected at former Soviet nuclear test site

MOSCOW, Russia - Researchers in Kazakstan said their recent studies indicate an extensive area at a former Soviet nuclear testing site in the country's Semipalatinsk area has shown abnormal temperatures more 10 degrees higher than those of surrounding areas for unknown reasons. In this infrared photo taken in November 2000 from a satellite, the testing site is shown in the area encircled with black lines and higher temperatures were detected in the red and yellow areas. (Kyodo)

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File photo of Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan

File photo shows the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan in October 1991. From 1949 to 1989, the former Soviet Union conducted a total of around 460 nuclear weapons tests at the site, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency website. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Soviet nuclear test site in Kazakhstan

SEMEY, Kazakhstan - A man measures radiation levels in an area more than 1 kilometer from the hypocenter of the former Soviet nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 13, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Former Soviet nuclear test site in Kazakhstan

SEMEY, Kazakhstan - Soldiers stand in an area more than 1 kilometer from the hypocenter of the former Soviet nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 13, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Kazak radiation victim's peace message relayed to Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Paintings, poems and a videotaped peace message from Renata Izmailova, 17, physically handicapped due to exposure as a fetus to radiation from Semipalatinsk nuclear tests in Kazakstan, have been conveyed to Hiroshima. Her father Feat Izmailov, 47, attended this year's ban-the-bomb conference. The photo of the father and daughter was taken in Taldy-Kurgan, Kazakstan, in May 1998.