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Kazakhstan is planning to build two nuclear power plants and dispose waste at the Semipalatinsk Test Site.

Semey historians have finely identified the mysterious fossilized jaw that was almost forgotten in a school museum as an unknown object.

The National Nuclear Center of Kazakhstan admits that tourists are very interested in visiting the former Semipalatinsk Test Site.

Gardeners of Semey city in Kazakhstan believe that their berries and sunflowers are worthy of the Guinness Book of Records.

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev says that lands of former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site are rich with mineral resources that can be used.

A burial site of a high-ranking young woman was discovered during reconstruction of Taskesken-Bakty road in Urdzhar region of East-Kazakhstan oblast.

Personnel of Kazakhstan’s National Nuclear Center built an experimental farm at the territory of Semipalatinsk nuclear test site.

President Nazarbayev assured that following the collapse of the USSR Kazakhstan did have experts and all the infrastructure to keep on the military nuclear projects.

A rally was held in Semei as part of the International conference called From Nuclear Test Ban to Nuclear Weapons Free World.

Scientist explain the high abnormity of this region by its location in proximity to Semipalatinsk nuclear test site.

The testing site was closed August 29, 1991.

Semey students decided to make a New Year present to their city on the last days of 2011.

Scientists have suggested to create a biospheric conservation park to continue research at the testing site.

Nursultan Nazarbayev and Mikhail Gorbachev will be awarded for closing Semipalatinsk testing site prior to the 20th anniversary of the event.

Congressman Eni Faleomavaega talked about Kazakhstan President's decisions that "changed the world."

US Deputy Secretary of Energy arrived in Astana for participation in the Nuclear-free World Forum.

Russian filmmaker Pavel Chukhrai started shooting a new movie, a love story that happened in the USSR during tests of the first hydrogen bomb.

Ak Orda National Movement suggested to nominate Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev for Nobel Peace Prize.

Norwegian "Bike for Peace" sent letters to the US Congress, Norwegian Storting (legislative assembly) and to Northern Ireland MP Mairead Corrigan.

The tour starts on August 6. A group of cyclists will ride along Semey-Almaty-Astana route.
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