Kazakhstan's radioactive legacy (PICS)

boston.com — Sixty years ago, the Soviet Union detonated its first nuclear weapon at a test facility on the steppe of northeast Kazakhstan. Residents in the surrounding area became unwitting guinea pigs, exposed to the aftereffects of the bombs both intentionally and unintentionally. The radiation has silently devastated 3 generations of people in Kazakhstan. Nov 9, 2009 View in Crawl 4