International Day against Nuclear Tests
August 29 · Level 8 · #505 of 2238
The International Day against Nuclear Tests highlights the damage nuclear testing causes to people and the environment. Established by the United Nations on Kazakhstan's initiative, it supports efforts to end testing and keeps affected communities in public view.
How it is celebrated: conferences, exhibitions, public discussions and educational events examine the history and consequences of nuclear tests. They also explain international efforts to ban testing and monitor compliance.
The date marks the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in 1991. That same site hosted the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb test in August 1949.