PRODUCTION OF SPECIAL HIGH-VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A028200390001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 15, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contalaa Information affecting the National Defease of the United Btstes within the meaning of the 8epionage Lws, Title
18, U.BA. Bets, 793 and 794, the tranamiseion or revelatioa of which is any manner to sa unauthorlaed persoa 1s ysohlbitsd by law.
COUNTRY Eangai~-'
SUBJECT Production of special
Sigh-Vcltags ~quip~snt
DATE OF
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PLACE 8~
DATE ACQ.
REPORT
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>twnts aasea~de g?narators, i~].se g?nerators, and statisally eaccited high.
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also briaf~j eovaraci in this r,pt>rt.
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HUNGARY
Scientific icenomic
I'R,~DUCTIUN Oi~ SPF,CTAL HIGH VOLTAGE EQUII'Iv~TT .
Among, the departments of the Hungarian enterprise TRE'ddSl+Clti~:,~1~OR
in BUDAPEST, there is a speoial section ~rorking on high voltages iow
current generating equipment. The more important types at present being
designed in this section are cascade generators, impulse generators and
statically excited high-voltage generating equipment.
C~'>S CADS GENERAT CRS
I. Z A number of cascade generators has been produced in the last few
years. These are destined
fbr the Hungarian Nuclear kesearch Institute on the SCII;~:1^~3I1tiBERG
(CSII,LEBERC~ near BUDl",I'~ST, The sto.,ndard type of cascade generator
is required. to Y~ave a capacity of 800 KV at currents aver~.ging 10, 15 or
20 milliamperes working from a mains supply of 500 Herz.
generators are constructed in double units with a central zero Garth)
point, enabling the two units to be used either in series or in par'~.llel.
'v.hen the Pduolear Institute warned by TR",IdSFOR":."`:TOR the ~
there w^s ~~ danger of resonance effects if the units were connected in
parallel,
t-~ro sp::cial. requirements should be satisfied, viz:
(a) the dimensions of the generators should be kept as
small as possible.
(b) the undulation (hetexrodyne~ of the high tension output
must be below 0.5 per cent and if possible not i:lore than
0.25 p;;r cent.
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3. In addition to the more o-r less "standard" typo producing
800 ITV, variants of this type have occasionally been manufactura~~ ,,~t~i
cap4cities between 200 KV and 1 ,200 I~'i~.
One o.a,scade generator, having a capac,i?ty of 250 ITV but ct1^..ei~-?
wi.3e followin?; the sta~zdard rer~uirements ae- se+, out ab ovc , i s knoti~n to
have been ordered for the RET~IX factory in BUD11.v.3ST.
TRl1NSFORI~~l1TOR assumed that t was probably requirea for use ir_ conxlection
with high. tension condensers, which REMIIi is kncti~n to be producing .
5, liptxt from this one cane in vrhich the final uoer has bear_
ident~.iied, TR.~^d~ISFOR?Il>TOR hove no knOVJ.~.odg~ of tl~e dest~~=wt~.o~~ 25X1
of the ewscade generators they design and manufacture. (Zn some cases,
TRI:I\TSFOR~'ll'~TOR only supplies a design ~ :d three to five prototypes, and
manufacture on a larger scale :is ca-rriel out elsewh~;re~ . In contrast to
normal prwctice, accar3ing to which the ular~ufacturing organisation mould
expect to send one of its otivn technicians to set up the appa.rat?zs or ac.rrect
any f a~.lts which might devalop, and. also to be fully briefed as to the u.se
to which its product will be put, TRILrtSr~OR1.~iTOR is never permitted to send
its tecluzi.cians to the end-user (unknown, in arty case, t o TRH^dVSFOIi.P,1^~TOr~t~,
but is always asked to explain to ELEKTRC~TMPFX (BUDI~PEST~ who invariably
act as intermediaries, verbally or in writing, what should be done to
Correct the fau'.t.
6. Norr~:.lly, orders arc .always pls:ced by ELEKTROIiviPEX, and follo,;r
uh discussions (e.g. concerni~~g tachr_ical faults are discussed with
Ti~l.~'V-SFOIti,~~'.TOR by ~;TyI{TROIP:'~'EX off'ici.^.,ls. ~n some occasions ropresenta,tives
of the user. organisation zccompany ELEKTRGIMPEX officials to tha i'FtIdS-O~-t1viA.TOn
vrorkshops, bt~t i.he name of their parent organisation is not disclosed,
~./..ns?eor 25X1
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Russian, speaking perfect German and quite good Hurgari::n, from trio
Russian nuclear research organisation DUBNO, However,
~TRIu'VSFURP:R TOR haste been extremely puzzled at the idea that ~:hese c..^sc ode
generators should still be ordered in appreciable qu^ntities, espccial)_y
in connection vrith nuclear research, since they have long since been
superseded by other and Wore modern systems.
IPIiRJI$F GFI`T~'RATORS
II. 8. IL~pul;.e generators designed by I'P,~"~~fdSFOFS~~i::TO~ are alv~ra;~s for
*oJtages between 800 and 1 ,000 KV. Here again, the TRr",NSFO~.t.I.~TOI'~
ord~,rs them, or yrhat they arc: us..td for. Tno o_ ders and instructions
always reach TP~NSFOIiI~i~:TOn via FLIIiTRO~L",4PEX, but the latter only acts as
a postbox. There are various small indications that the ordex?s con;: in
fac~` from the U.S.S.R.
In ono case, the visiting representative was identified as a
have no knotiv~'.edge of whe:.re they are went, yrhat erganis ation
III. ST~'iTICHLLY EXCITED GEN'!+~Rl',TORS
h^.ve beer. puzzled by ~. requirement for
comparatively large numbers of st