Nearest city Chelyabinsk | Area 166 km² Established 1968 | |
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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.
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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.
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.