Latitude and longitude of Kyshtym disaster

Satellite map of Kyshtym disaster

The Kyshtym disaster was a radiological contamination accident that occurred on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, a plutonium production site for nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the Soviet Union. It measured as a Level 6 disaster on the International Nuclear Event Scale, making it the third most serious nuclear accident ever recorded, behind the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and the Chernobyl disaster (both Level 7 on the INES). The event occurred in the town of Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, a closed city built around the Mayak plant.

Latitude: 55° 42' 59.99" N
Longitude: 60° 48' 59.99" E

Nearest city to this article: Ozersk

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GPS coordinates of Kyshtym disaster, Russian Federation

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