Kazakhstan has inherited from USSR a series of different radiation-hazardous objects and contaminated sites in all parts of the country, as a legacy of the cold war. The paper presents the key sources representing the radiation risks of concern; nuclear weapons tests, PNEs, uranium mining and tailing, as well as scale from oil and gas production.
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Kadyrzhanov, K.K. (2008). National Nuclear Centre Solving Radiation Safety Problems in Kazakhstan. In: Salbu, B., Skipperud, L. (eds) Nuclear Risks in Central Asia. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8317-4_1
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