Nuclear Watchdogs

“The station performs the task of detecting radioactive isotopes. When they are detected in the atmosphere, it indicates that a nuclear explosion has occurred somewhere,” says Igor Pitetsky, Reserve Officer of the Soviet Army’s Anti-Aircraft Missile Forces. Today, he works daily at the IMS station in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. His main job is to detect the traces of nuclear weapons and avert any emergency. Find out more about the routine work and the nuclear testing control system.

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