URANIUM MINING AND MILLING COMPLEX, MAYLI-SAY, USSR
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URANIUM MINING AND MILLING COMPLEX, MAYLI-SAY, USSR
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An examination of KEYHOLE photography
of the uranium mining and milling complex
(41-15N 72-28E) near Mayli-Say, USSR, (Fig-
ure 1) reveals that since M there has been
no addition to the production facilities of the
uranium grinding and mixing plants. A search
of photography of an area within a 50-nautical-
mile (nm) radius of Osh (40-32N 72-48E), lo-
cated approximately 50 nm south-southeast
of Mayli-Say, yielded no evidence of current
uranium-processing activities.
The complex near Nlayli-Say was pre-
viously reported in detail from TALENT pho-
1/
quality, provided most of the details. For
purposes of updating that information, them
KEYHOLE photography is of little value because
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Mayli-Say complex is from Mission
(Figure 2).
The 13 uranium mines of the Nlayli-Say
complex appear active. New scarring is ob-
served in the eastern part of the complex,
but the small scale of the photography limits
interpretation and mensuration. The previ-
ously observed tailings dump in the vicinity
of the uranium production plant has increased
in size by approximately 30 percent since
and a new tailings dump has been
started west of the old dump. In = the
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FIGURE 7. LOCATION OF URANIUM MINING AND MILLING
COMPLEX NEAR MAYLI-SAY, USSR.
level of the old dump had reached the base of a
delta-shaped plateau wedged between two ridges.
By - the dump had reached a level
midway between the levels of the plateau and
the ridges.
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Uranium mines 7 and 7 and three cool mines ore not shown_
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ACIC. USAF Operational Navigation Chart F-6, 1st ed, Feb 61, scale 1:1,000,000 (CONFIDENTIAL)
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