Russia Had Nuclear Disaster in 1956 4 X Greater Than Chernobyl
- Between 1949 and 1989 some 456 nuclear tests were carried out at the site
- In August 1956 the fallout engulfed the industrial city of Ust-Kamenogorsk
- A newly discovered secret report shows 638 people were hospitalised
- Over 100,000 people were exposed and birth defects are still common today
A report was discovered which tells of a nuclear disaster four times the size of Chernobyl in Kazakhstan. Over 600 people were hospitalized, four times higher than Chernobyl, and another 100,000 people were affected by the nuclear fall out. Russia had tried to keep it quiet but obviously it ended up in report and tucked away until someone found it.
A newly uncovered report by New Scientist reveals that a scientific expedition was sent out to the region from Moscow just after the explosion.
It uncovered widespread radioactive contamination and radiation sickness across the Kazakh Steppe, a vast area of open grasslands in the north of the country.
The scientists then tracked the ongoing consequences as Soviet nuclear bomb tests continued – without telling the people affected or the outside world.
Between 1949 and 1989 some 456 nuclear tests were carried out at the site. Children in the region – like Dina Kadyrova (pictured in 2011) – are still suffering from the effects of the radiation. The little girl was given to an orphanage in Semipalatinsk by her parents.
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