Radiation monitoring stations to appear in Kazakhstan by 2015

Radiation monitoring stations will appear in Kazakhstan by 2015, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Director General of KazHydroMet (Kazakhstan weather service) as saying on the sidelines of the meeting of 23rd session of CIS Intergovernment Hydrometeorology Council on September 28. Talgat Zeinullin said that autonomous stations are planned to be installed in Kazakhstan by 2015. "They will be installed in major facilities of East Kazakhstan, in Balkhash area, in Mangistau Atomic Energy Integrated Plant and in Stepnogorsk. There are currently several stations in the area of Semipalatinsk polygon. They are controlled by the National Nuclear Center. The works are performed in expedition manner over there: if any contaminations emerge, we go there and check the soil and water,” KazHydroMet Director General said. According to Talgat Zeinullin, the cost of one autonomous station is around $350 thousand. There will be about 15 of them installed in Kazakhstan.