International traning centre for analysing nuclear and radiation safety

摘要

The Semipalatinsk Test-site (STS), built according to the USSR Government resolution of August 21, 1947, was designed for nuclear weapons and military equipment testing. The test site, located in eastern Kazakstan on the Irtysh River, occupies 18 279 km~2. The administrative centre of the test site is the city of Kurchator-city (Semipalatinsk-21).