3,000 sq km of former Semipalatinsk test site's land suitable for national economic activity - Energy Minister
16:51, 15 January 2010
ASTANA. January 15. KAZINFORM /Damir Baimanov/ Lands of the former Semipalatinsk test site - three thousand square kilometers - are suitable for the national economic activity.
Kazakh Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev has announced it at the enlarged session of the Collegium of the Ministry on Friday.
"At present there is carried out preparation of materials on cession of a part of land of the former Semipalatinsk test site with a total area of about three thousand square kilometers in the national economic turnover", S.Mynbayev noted.
He emphasized that prohibited areas of the former Semipalatinsk test site should be strictly protected.