East Ural Nature Reserve

East Ural Nature Reserve
Russian: Восточно-Уральский заповедник
(Also: )

East Ural Zapovednik
Map showing the location of East Ural Nature Reserve

Location of Reserve

Location Chelyabinsk Oblast
Nearest city Chelyabinsk
Coordinates 55°48′52″N 60°53′58″E / 55.81444°N 60.89944°E / 55.81444; 60.89944Coordinates: 55°48′52″N 60°53′58″E / 55.81444°N 60.89944°E / 55.81444; 60.89944
Area 16,600 hectares (41,000 acres)
Established 1968 (1968)
Governing body Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia)

East Ural Nature Reserve (Russian: Восточно-Уральский заповедник) (also ) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve), that is near site of the 1957 Kyshtym disaster, which involved radiation release. As a state "radiation reserve", the site functions for the protection of a contaminated area, and for long-term scientific study of the effects of radiation on the forest-steppe ecology on the east slope of the southern Ural Mountains. The reserve is situated in the Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast. It was formally established in 1968, and covers 16,600 ha (64 sq mi). The reserve, as of 2007, is under the control of a private corporation, which conducts regular radiation and radio ecological monitoring.[1][2][3]

Topography

The East Ural Reserve is oblong in shape, pointing towards the northeast, with a width of approximately 10 km and a length of 50 km.

Track of the radiation plume from the Kyshtym event; the East Ural Reserve covers, approximately, a quarter of the trace in the southwest near the release site.

Ecoeducation and access

As a strict nature reserve, and also a state radiation reserve, the East Ural Reserve does not provide access to the public.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bakur, AS. "The radiation and radio-ecological monitoring in the zone of influence of the FSUE "PA" Mayak "". Mineco Regional Almanac. Nature Conservation of Sourthern Ural, '08. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "East Ural Zapovednik". Zapovednik Mira. Zapovednik Mira. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Raspopov, Pavel. "East Ural Radiation Reserve". Uraloved. Uraloved. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

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