SOVIET ATOM PLANTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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DEC. 1951 ~.-
COUNTRY USSR/China
SUBJECT Soviet B.tom Plants
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SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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1. Luldja Atom Plant. Position: 44? north latitude, 81o east lon43itude. (:io,,: tciis
i3 in the Chinese province of Sinkiang, close to the border of Soviet Kazakt.s'.an.)
uldja has about 80,000 inhabitants, of whom 15,000 to 20,000 work in the labora-
5X1 tories or the atom plant. During the last year, a new railroad line was bL: 1t c
Kuldja. There are four large laboratories. Only uranium is worked i'h:t
of the laboratories is Professor Dr. Serge i t e .rho is said t_
an extraordinarily brilliant scientist, and has been in charge of th.-~
5X1 for the last three years [1949-1952_).
Tuja Aujun Atom Plant. Placed at 41? 211 north, 72C 251 east. Iabout 56,000 :)eoplC
are attached to the plant. Its rail connection is a spur from the Tashkent-re.rean.
line. The plant is practically 100 per cent isolated. Tuja Mujun in one of Lhe
most important .d.nstallations. Within the last two years, production has :rou:.ted
Greatly. The uranium comes from a depth of 600 to 700 in, and is found i-n ass cit:-.o,:
witn vanadium. No research work is done at Tuja Mijun. The uranium is carried aw?!;,
partly by rail, partly by trucks on a newly-built highway.
Leninakan. Position: In the Armenian Soviet Republic, 400 301 north, IL? er~.~' , _c r.h
of the Sevang lake. Part of the plant is directly on the shore. Tho plant i~'. L,
into three sections and employs about 40,000 people. The area i, so Flo eLy suar~
t hhat it is impossible even to approach the lake. The Leninakan plant bands he,-,-,
of Sinkiang, 380 north, between 780 and 880 east. The plant cannot be ].oc:nt d s:_
,.%c curately. In the Takla 11akan desert, radioactive sand is found of the Lame t,,y p _
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5. Leninsk-Kuznetzkii Plant. Position: In a depression 230 km eout:neast of Tomsk,
north, 86? east. The installation, with the plant and the security people,
employs about 280,000 people. Leninsk-Kuznetzkii consists of 14 laboratories
with nutaerous uranium mines in the neighborhood, large research installations
and five underground storehouses for completed atom bombs. The plant in sur-
rounded by a ring of airfields with underground hangars.
6. Markovo Research Plant. Position: In Siberia on the Yakutak peninsula, 65?
north, 1700 east. There are no data on the number of workers, but it is known
that 2,000 special workers have been sent there. Markovo is the most imp^-tea
research station for heavy atom bombs, and has very fine installations, pe---tly
underground. Its importance has been mounting steadily.
7. Vorkutsk Plant. Position: Can only be given generally as on t e no-them. foot-
hills of the Urals. Heavy atom bombs and possibly bombs employing hydrogen &re
produced. The hydrogen bombs are on a different principle than ',no U... type.
No other information now available.
8. Ige.rka Research Station. Position: On the Yenisei, 680 north, .86? east. Igar
is a satellite of the Vorkutsk plant, and is also the research sta*.l^n f:: .'
Kuzne tzkii. Medium atom bombs have been exploded here.
9. likesi Atom Laboratcries. Position: Just east of the mouth of the Lena,
north, 129.0 east. Tikesi has about 40,000 inhabitants, of whom 1.0,000 words: r
the laboratories. Airfields for heavy planes are nearby. Tikesi is the _r--3ea
station for tomb bombs of the smallest size and for limited atomic cxplosivf:.,,
The plant was greatly enlarged in 1951 and 1952 and research or. the smalls .~~.
possible atom bombs extended very much.
10. Tannu Tuva Atomic Station. Position not altogether clear. It appears likely
that Tannu Tava is identical with the installation at 3liudyanka on the :3outh?-
west tip of Lake Baikal. Tannu Tuva is particularly important, since uranium
is mined and worked there. It is likely that this is the same as the Baikal
Atom P.ant. It has recently been very important as a research center.
11. Hsinking Atom Plant (Changchun). Position: In Manchuria, 44? north, 1250 ea--,t.,
Hsinking includes a plant and a research station. Recently a center for atoini
research has been set up in Peiping under the. leadership of Dr. Chao Churl
It is uncertain how much independence of the USSR the Heinki_-ig installatic^_
enjoys. Heinking tests uranium ores found in southern Mongolia and nibet.
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