After the Apocalypse – hidden truths

The story of the people of Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, who were used as guinea pigs in the Soviet Union’s testing of nuclear weapons

Dr. Boris Gusev, Semipalatinsk Institute of Radiation Medicine:

“We knew precisely where the radiation was.”
“We knew precisely how much of the different types of radiation that people were being exposed to.”
“What dose the population was receiving.”
“We knew everything.”

Silent bombs for the Motherland
Residents of a remote part of Kazakhstan still suffer the fallout from Soviet nuclear tests.
Gerald Sperling Last Modified: 25 Jul 2010

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/witness/2009/07/20097311050441793.html

Witness – Silent Bombs: All for the Motherland – Part 1
“Between 1949 and 1989, the Soviet Union exploded 460 nuclear bombs in eastern Kazakhstan. The damage residents suffered as a result of being exposed to high levels of radiation has been passed on and seems to have intensified in the following generations.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aUVQiKVKJQ&feature=relmfu

Witness – Silent Bombs: All for the Motherland – Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwCbuNJa2XI&feature=relmfu

Witness – Silent Bombs: All for the Motherland – Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzF7dzQuhpQ&feature=relmfu

Witness – Silent Bombs: All for the Motherland – Part 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3hyqM-8xfM&feature=relmfu

Orphanage for disabled children in Kazakhstan
AfterApocalypseMovie
“This section never made it into the film. It shows the situation at Ayagus orphanage. The girl in the film, Rufina, got her operation in the end, but died as a result of complications. Note all filming was done with the permission of the acting director of the orphanage and the Ayagus akimat.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AQK1AcRTKw

Kazakhstan’s radioactive legacy
“Sixty years ago, the Soviet Union detonated its first nuclear weapon, nicknamed “First Lightning”, at a test facility on the steppe of northeast Kazakhstan (formerly the Kazakh SSR). The test site, named the Semipalatinsk Polygon, would go on to host 456 atomic explosions over its 40-year existence. Residents in the surrounding area became unwitting guinea pigs, exposed to the aftereffects of the bombs both intentionally and unintentionally. The radiation has silently devastated three generations of people in Kazakhstan – the total number affected is thought to be more than one million – creating health problems ranging from thyroid diseases, cancer, birth defects, deformities, premature aging, and cardiovascular diseases. Life expectancy in the area is seven years less than the national average of Kazakhstan….”
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/kazakhstans_radioactive_legacy.html

Thermonuclear bomb RDS-27; RDS-37. (USSR)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPIuWhUCwXw&feature=related

Tsar Bomba – King of the Bombs – 57,000,000 Tonnes of TNT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxD44HO8dNQ&feature=related

Kazakhstan’s nuclear ambitions

By Togzhan Kassenova | 28 April 2008

“In April 2007, 150 Japanese government and private sector representatives visited Astana, the Kazakh capital, and signed 24 bilateral trade deals, including the purchase of a stake in a Kazatomprom uranium mine by Marubeni Corporation. In addition, Toshiba pledged to help Kazakhstan build nuclear power plants, and the Japanese delegation agreed to provide Kazakhstan with technological assistance for processing uranium fuel and building reactors.4”

“Kazatomprom’s goal is to collaborate with Russia to export nuclear reactors to third-party countries. It has already established Atomnye Stantsii, a joint venture with Russia that will design, build, and sell small- and medium-sized reactors. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei has noted that most major vendors have failed to offer such reactors, which are believed to be more appropriate for countries new to nuclear energy. ElBaradei has mentioned Jordan, Thailand, and Ghana as interested in reactors at 100-400 megawatt capacities.8 Kazakhstan also believes that other Central Asian countries will also be interested in buying such new reactor technologies.9”

“First and foremost, Kazakhstan responsibly defends nonproliferation and export controls. It is a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Nuclear Suppliers Group. And in addition to its general IAEA membership, Kazakhstan has signed the IAEA Safeguards Protocol and signed and ratified the IAEA’s Additional Protocol. Adherence to the Additional Protocol subjects all of Kazakhstan’s nuclear facilities to stringent IAEA oversight, including comprehensive declarations, reporting, and site-access obligations.”

http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/kazakhstans-nuclear-ambitions