%0 Journal Article
%T Determination of the geographical coordinates of the aboveground nuclear tests epicenters.
%A Monayenko V
%A Krivitskiy P
%A Abisheva M
%A Lukashenko S
%A Larionova N
%J PLoS One
%V 19
%N 8
%D 2024
%M 39146320
%F 3.752
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0308920
%X This paper presents the determination method of the exact geographical coordinates of aboveground nuclear tests (NT) epicenters based on the radioecological study results the example of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site. By testing the NT Epicenter software for determining the exact geographic coordinates of the NT centers, it was established that it is indeed possible to determine the exact coordinates of most of the aboveground NTs. Their locations are currently determined by the presence are currently determined by the presence of technogenic disturbance of the soil surface in the area of the alleged epicenter (the presence of a crater), as well as by comparing maps of radioactive contamination and a space image. The accuracy of the precise coordinates of the NT is highly dependent on the density of the auxiliary grid: the smaller the pitch of the auxiliary grid, the higher the accuracy of the NT epicenter.