BUILDING OF A NUCLEAR SAFE WORLD: THE KAZAKHSTAN WAY

The story of Kazakhstan’s nuclear disarmament and contribution to non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction began in 1991 when President Nursultan Nazarbayev made the far-sighted decision to shut down the world’s second largest nuclear test site at Semipalatinsk.

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A total of 456nuclear tests were conducted at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, including 116 above ground tests.

The first Soviet nuclear test at Semipalatinsk on August 29, 1949, announced the Soviet Union’s entry into the arms race with the United States.

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