Current State of the Radiation Situation in Sarapan and Zhanan Settlements Located on the Territory of the Former Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, Kazakhstan

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Current State of the Radiation Situation in Sarapan and Zhanan Settlements Located on the Territory of the Former Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, Kazakhstan

Assel Murzalimova , Elena Yarovaya, Zheken Mamutov, Alexandra Lipikhina, Bakyt Imamova and Arman Moldabekov

Abstract: The content of some extremely hazardous radionuclides and weapon plutonium in soils of the Sarapan and Zhanan winterings which are located on border of the former semipalatinsk test site was investigated. Results of research showed that content of ²⁴¹Am does not exceed the threshold limit values whereas content of ¹³⁷Cs and ^239+240Pu exceeds the regulated values in some points of sampling.

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Assel Murzalimova, Elena Yarovaya, Zheken Mamutov, Alexandra Lipikhina, Bakyt Imamova and Arman Moldabekov, 2019. Current State of the Radiation Situation in Sarapan and Zhanan Settlements Located on the Territory of the Former Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, Kazakhstan. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 7174-7178.