MAJOR ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS HONAN PROVINCE, CHINA

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• Publication Date: February 1, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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Industrial Facilities
(Non-Military)
Basic Imagery Interpretation Report
Major Electric Power Plants
Honan Province, China
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DATE FEBRUARY 1970
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Directorate of Intelligence
Imagery Analysis Service
This report, based ono photography, covers the five major power
plants in Honan Province, eas central China. It updates previous Basic
Imagery Interpretation Briefs on the two power plants at Cheng-chou and one
each at Lo-yang and San-men Hsia, and it provides the initial basic report
on the An- anc Thermal Power Plant. The cutoff date for information in this
report is
Site preparation for construction of the An-yang Thermal Power Plant
was first seen on photography of
No construction or dismantling has been observed at the other four plants
since the previous reports. On the latest coverage, the two Cheng-chou plants
and the Lo-yang plant were operating. The San-men Hsia plant did not appear
to be operating.
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This report presents information on the current status of each of the
five major electric power plants in Honan Province.
The following list of the major electric power plants is keyed to
Figure I.
1.
An-yang Thermal Power Plant
2.
Cheng-chou Heat and Thermal Power
Plant
3.
Cheng-chou Thermal Power Plant
4.
Lo-yang Thermal Power Plant
5.
San-men Hsia Hydro Power Plant San-men Gorge
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An-yang Thermal Power Plant
UTM COORDINATES
50SKR540005
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
36-07-30N 114-16-20E
MAP REFERENCE
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LATEST IMAGERY USED
NA
25X1A The An-yang Thermal Power Plant i s located 4 nautical m i l e s ( e t-
ort west of An-yang, adjacent to the An-yang Iron and Steel Plant
25X1A by It is rail served and is secured within a walled area approxima e y
, 1,300 feet.
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No chap es have been observed at the Cheng-chou Heat and Thermal Power
25X1D Plant since the date of the latest photography used in the pre-
vious repot .
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The plant was operating in Heavy smoke was emanating from
the western stack and vapor from e -wo coo ing towers. The two spray ponds
were in operation.
Imagery
25X1A CIA. Cheng-chou Heat and Thermal Power Plant, August 1968,
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25X1D have been observed at the Cheng-chou Thermal Power Plant since
the date of the latest photography used in the previous report.
The plant was operating in Smoke was emanating from the
stack, and the two spray ponds were in operation.
Imagery
IA. Cheng-chou Thermal Power Plant, August 1968, TCS 9807/68
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Lo-yang Thermal Power Plant I CH
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No changes have been observed at the L.o-yang Thermal Power Plant since
the date of the latest photography used in the previous report.
The plant was operating in Heavy smoke was emanating from
the western stack, and all six spray pon s were in operation.
Imagery
CIA. Lo-yang Thermal Power Plant, September 1968, TCS 10281/68
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San-men Hsia Hydro Power Plant and Dam San-men Gorge
UTM COORDINATES
49SEJ312545*
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nates in the Basic EncvcIopedia to 49SEJ316550 and 34-50-OON II1-20-50E, respectively.
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No chances have been observed at the San-men Hsia Hydro Power Plant and
Dam since he date of the latest photography in the previous report.
The plant did not appear to be operating in Very little
water was impounded behind the dam, and no turbu ence was o served in the tail-
race. However, the quality of the photography may have precluded the observation
of turbulence. Turbulence was last observed at the tailrace on photography of
way and powernouse control gates.
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
54-49-45N III-20-30E*
Since the previous report, the only activity seen at the dam has
een cnanges in the position of the gantry cranes which raise and lower the spill-
Imagery
25X1A ;IA. San-men Hsia Hydro Power Plant (San-men Gorge), March 1969,
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