Majlis

Kazakhstan: Atomic Bombs And Nuclear Power Plants


Listen Later

Kazakh officials are moving forward with plans to build the country’s first nuclear power plant, although unsurprisingly, there is public opposition. On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb over an area in northeastern Kazakhstan. Over the next 40 years, there were 455 more tests in the same area and the effects of the radiation continue to cause suffering today. Joining host Bruce Pannier to talk about Kazakhstan’s nuclear legacy is Togzhan Kassenova, author of the widely acclaimed book Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

MajlisBy RFE/RL

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

39 ratings


More shows like Majlis

View all
The Truth of the Matter by CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Truth of the Matter

283 Listeners

Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters by Global Dispatches

Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters

310 Listeners

Asia Geopolitics by The Diplomat

Asia Geopolitics

316 Listeners

Foreign Policy Live by Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy Live

599 Listeners

The Eastern Border by Kristaps Andrejsons

The Eastern Border

819 Listeners

Russian Roulette by Center for Strategic and International Studies

Russian Roulette

139 Listeners

Brussels Sprouts by Center for a New American Security | CNAS

Brussels Sprouts

79 Listeners

The Impossible State by CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Impossible State

86 Listeners

The Week Ahead In Russia by RFE/RL

The Week Ahead In Russia

47 Listeners

Что это было? by BBC Russian Radio

Что это было?

100 Listeners

Babel: Translating the Middle East by Center for Strategic and International Studies

Babel: Translating the Middle East

90 Listeners

The Red Line by The Red Line

The Red Line

363 Listeners

In Moscow's Shadows by Mark Galeotti

In Moscow's Shadows

364 Listeners

Hold Your Fire! by International Crisis Group

Hold Your Fire!

64 Listeners

Global Security Briefing by The Royal United Services Institute

Global Security Briefing

21 Listeners

The Foreign Affairs Interview by Foreign Affairs Magazine

The Foreign Affairs Interview

423 Listeners

Talking China In Eurasia by RFE/RL

Talking China In Eurasia

6 Listeners