Semipalatinsk

American  

[sem-i-puh-lah-tinsk, syi-myi-puh-lah-tyinsk] / ˌsɛm ɪ pəˈlɑ tɪnsk, syɪ myɪ pʌˈlɑ tyɪnsk /

noun

1. a city in NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.

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Semipalatinsk British  

/ sɪmipaˈlatinsk /

noun

1. a city in NE Kazakhstan on the Irtysh River; an important communications centre. Pop: 282 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

The date to protest nuclear testing commemorates the closing of the former Soviet Union’s nuclear test site at Semipalatinsk, now part of Kazakhstan, on Aug. 29, 1991.

From Seattle Times

Because I was responsible for a similar environmental cleanup site at Los Alamos National Laboratory, a question that I was involved in during the 1990s was whether the Soviets had done hydrodynamic tests at the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, scattering metallic plutonium chunks.

From Scientific American

Seismic activity induced by nuclear tests is not unusual, and has been documented at other major nuclear test sites such as the Nevada Test Site in the United States and the former Soviet Union's Semipalatinsk site in Kazakhstan, said Frank Pabian, a retired analyst with the United States' Los Alamos National Laboratory.

From Reuters

And Pierpaolo Mittica's short film Semipalatinsk Polygon, the crime of nuclear testing - revealing the human and environmental legacy of Cold War weapons testing - won the Video category.

From BBC

The first Soviet test of a thermonuclear weapon, at the Semipalatinsk test site, on Aug. 12, 1953.

From Washington Post