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'''Kaisha Atakhanova''' (born 18 July 1957 <ref>http://www.gefngo.org/view_file.cfm?fileid=148</ref>) is a biologist from [[Karaganda]], [[Kazakhstan]], specializing in the genetic effects of nuclear radiation. Due to her civil society activism, she was awarded the international [[Goldman Environmental Prize]] in 2005<ref name="goldman">Goldman Environmental Prize (Asia 2005): [http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/75 Kaisha Atakhanova] (Retrieved on November 8, 2007)</ref> for leading a campaign to prevent nuclear waste from being commercially imported into Kazakhstan.

Atakhanova is founder and former leader of the ''Karaganda Ecological Center'' (known as ''EcoCenter'').<ref name=grist>Michelle Nijhuis: [http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/04/18/nijhuis-atakhanova/ "Kaisha Atakhanova fought to keep nuclear waste out of Kazakhstan"] &ndash; ''Grist'' (18 Apr 2005) (Retrieved on January 6, 2008)</ref>

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