Ust-Kamenogorsk

[ oost-kuh-myi-nuh-gawrsk ]

noun

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

Ust-Kamenogorsk

/ ustjkəmɪnaˈɡɔrsk /

noun

1. a city in E Kazakhstan: centre of a zinc-, lead-, and copper-mining area. Pop: 307 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Uranium pellets, a nuclear fuel product for atomic power plants, are seen on a production line at Ulba Metallurgical Plant in Kazakhstan's eastern town of Ust-Kamenogorsk August 11, 2006.

From Reuters

After the August 1956 test that caused radiation sickness in residents of Ust-Kamenogorsk, the Soviet military established a top-secret medical clinic to care for those in need and to serve as a base of operations for researchers collecting health data on those who had been exposed.

From Nature

In August 1956, an above-ground test at the Polygon caused more than 600 residents in the industrial city of Ust-Kamenogorsk, approximately 400 kilometres east of the test site, to be rushed to the hospital with radiation sickness.

From Nature

Originally from Ust-Kamenogorsk in Kazakhstan, Ms. Sergeenko was raised in a family of linguists, and said she continues to take inspiration from literature.

From New York Times

The collapse of the Soviet Union, they said, had stranded about 1,300 lbs. of uranium at the sprawling Ulba Metallurgical Plant on the windswept steppes, 20 miles outside the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk.

From Time Magazine Archive