Lake Lop Nur Test Site, China
From series “Largest and Famous Nuclear Test Sites”Year: 1964.
Lake Lop Nur Test Site is situated in China on the territory of the dry lake. The firsts tests were made there in October 1964. After this China was recognized as a nuclear-weapon state. For the whole world, nuclear tests in China were the most unexpected thing. Even the representatives of powerful states couldn’t suppose that China can make a powerful nuclear weapon by themselves. The last tests there were held in 1996. For about 30 years this desert area was a place of the dirtiest and dangerous nuclear tests.
In the course of the years the nearby mountain alpine glaciers were drastically polluted. Until now they are polluted with the nuclear waste. Today scientists commit a huge level of radiation in the ice. If the ice caps of the mountains begin to melt, the nearby soil, surface and underground watercourses will be poisoned. When the test site was founded, this territory looked like a semidesert area. However, there were rare plants and herbs which were good for sheep.
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