ICBMs and the environment: Assessments at a base in Kazakhstan

J.R. Matzko; B. Butler

doi:10.1080/10889388.1999.10641129

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ICBMs and the environment: Assessments at a base in Kazakhstan

J.R. Matzko·B. Butler

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A paper by two U.S. scientists explores the environmental/health hazard posed by abandoned missile launch sites and control facilities (dismantled by 1998 as part of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program) at an ICBM base in north-central Kazakhstan. It summarizes the findings of Environmental Site Assessment Reports based on a program of water and soil sampling at the sites, with a particular focus on testing for the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls, various toxic metals, and radiation. The study is important in that it documents levels of contamination (and describes abatement measures) at a former Soviet missile base.

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Source-reported bounding extent: 41.85974673236433° to 55.69769750062521° latitude; 46.26886419746046° to 87.53542593174836° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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J.R. Matzko, B. Butler. 2013-05-15. ICBMs and the environment: Assessments at a base in Kazakhstan. https://doi.org/10.1080/10889388.1999.10641129

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