VEB NUCLEAR STATION I AT NEUGLOBSOW (ELECTRIC POWER STATION)

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• Publication Date: August 12, 1958
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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auv:i.liary installations iias been done in Fast Germexy by the Berlin
Po.ier Plant Projecting Office. A special section, called brigade,
now consisting of 10 exper s,, has been established of members of
the two Berlin design offices. This section has to prepare 921
specif ir..ationa on the basis of the basic project. All documents
In April 1958,1t was Learned. that industrial mate,-prises in the
northern section. of the Soviet Zone of Gamy, have main3y been
supplied with electricity from power plants in the southern
section of the zone:. This resisted In power. losses on the Icing-
distance power lines In order to eliminate t .is loss and to lessen
the a11tjQA '.n a e, gy supply in :moist German it has
been planned to construct a ruci ear. station ii the northern part.
of that zone, near Ileuglobsow, iortheast of Hheiasberg, between.
Sterhlin Lake and iyehnitz L i:e, wherry the . ' local conditions
rowUnd for the constructi.chz of a nuclear .sca-tlor gouts
including the terrain for a `;s.-km?w.ide protrcti:n zone arouna tbe
station and large water reservvcArs,l The 5uilding
ground in the center of this terrain i' etFa the requirements
for the construction a nuclear station. The surrounding area,
which is to serve aprotecr,ive zone, is partly marshy grouhr3,
2., The USSR and G1'R signed ex. agreement ibr the zcns..ruetio . of this
nuclear station and the order was placed in 19561. A that tan e,, Depth PIW. Larl
Ranbuscl., chief of the Ant f_Ier iternforschung and Kerntechn k
(Bureau for .,,~'y.,ear Research and Nuclear Teciunique) i emsd
th,. Soviets 'Carman specitliAs .oo?neeltled with the
0o stlft- of the station, wo:7e to go to Moscow,, Tne Moscow firm
Teploelektroproyekt, abbreviation TEP, has received the order for the
designing of the principal building
with the reactor, the powerthouse, t b spacial water purification
installation (Wasseraufwerturnu).. and the so-cal led ce Iterr work.,
A Ladnazld dead ig oi'tes is involved adth t e mxk Cat the bedo mourns at
the project. and a Soviet institute far unclear rsassomh is coo rsd with
tc. i q te.The complete design done in Moscow was sent to on
Bering tenon consisting of members.of the Berlin Design Office
for Industrial Construction (Entwurfsbuero ft;ter Industriebau) and
the Berlin Power Plant Projecting Office (Energie.t?Projektierung).
Wotk on the basic project in Moscow also involved German experts
including engineers of the Berlin Design Office for Industrial Construction and technologists of the Berlin Power Plant Pro j ecti.n4'
Of ii i ce. Designing work in ?''l',scow Vertulnedcdy to the main t"7 C:3 Cn
installations of the nuclear station, while the 630d at #&U t
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1. In April. 1958,it was learned that Industrial enterprises in the
northern section of the Sankt Zone of Gen me have mainly bN*.
supplied with electricity from pier plants in the southern
section of the sons. We remm red . In paver losses on the long"
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Raabusoh, chief of the cat flier Kernfo~recbueog and gerrnteobnik
(gateau for Nuclear. Research and Nuclear Techpique)a announced to
the' Soviets the German specialists who, in connection with the
projecting of the statioqna, were to go to Moscov. The Moscow firm
Teploelektroprblect, abb&'erviation TEP, has received the. Larder for .
general projecting work, mal n1 designing of the, pot inc 1 building
with the reactor, the powerhouse,, the special Water purification
installation (Wasseraufvertung), and the welled ceemet ' Work
on the basic project and an techmlogioa1 questions rsepottivelr
also involved *L Leningrad design of ice and a Soviet institute for
nuclear research.. The complete design done in Moscow was sash to
an anal nomw team consisting of Viers of the Berlin Dess~lgp Outlays
for Coua ruction (Enxrurfsbuero fuser IndustriSb t) and
the Berlin Power Plant Projecting Office (Enerrgie-Pro j ektieramg) .
Work on the basic project in.Masco, also involved German aacp. is
including engineers of the Berlin Design Office for- ndustrial
Construction and technologists of the Berlin Power Plant Projecting
Office. Designing work in Mosoow only referred to the main
installations of the nuclear 'station,. while designing work an all'
audliary installations deal been done in East Gerwei by the Berlin
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dish the bottleneck in energy supply in East Gexaw', 'it bee
been p1.nn 4 to construct a mmclear station in the northern part
of the sane, near Neuglobeow, northeast of Rheiaeberg, heetwsin
Stechlin halos and Nehmits Lake, whore the required local
conditions for the construction of a dear station ate given,
i n d u c i n g t h e tax-raft f o r a 3-km wide p ation zone around the
station and the presence of large water reservoirs. The b I ding
ground in the center of this terrain agrees with the 'ague
for the construction of a nuclear station and the 'surcramdiug area?,
which is to serve as protective zone, is partly Harsh)' ground.
The US AM and GM sigmd an'agreement on the construction of this
luc1ear station and the order vu placed in 1956. At that tiale
Power Plant Projecting' Office. A special section, called brigade,
now consisting of 10 experts has been established of members of
the two Berlin design offices. This section bas to prepare. all
epeeif ications, on the basis 'bf the- basic prey j eat., All documents
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(a) The reactor building and special water purification
insteollation;this building covers 30 x 73.4 mstorsf
the middle section housing a'so-called aleotro
section (Blektroteil) with control mechanics and
relays.
(b) The powerhouse, adjacent to the reactor house,, with
a floor space of 24 x 61.05 meters; a 100-aeter?,high
mnakestack is planned- close to this building.
(4) A smokestaQk, not of the regular types but with a.
special base portion provided with catching devices
for the decay of radioactive gases which are ejected
from ? time to time under favorable weather conditions,
in partricular in case of dexoges.
(4) Another building housing a special washingiustal ,ation,
connected with the main building ty a bridge
a so-
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called sluicway. The radioactive remains, tar instance
on motor vehicles, are removed in this building which,
also houses showers etc.
(2) Fu rthernore, there are plans to construct a heatd ng station
the designs of which were not made in Meow but'"
Berlin Power Plant Projecting Office. This station belongs.
to the auxiliary installations. It is to preheat the
installation while the station is under construction.
In the begiiing,. the bo'ting station is to be fed with
coal, later on with 'oil, as soon as the nuclear station is.
in operation. The required oil tanks are still under
development.
(3) The following installations are also to be established:
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An oil dump
An adrstnistrative building
A water inlet installation
A water outlet installation
The so-called cemetery which vas projected in
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it will bo sa ou ndeo4.- by a special fence and d001414e4
,>-off lindts. so-called dirty road will 1 to WO,
hio t is ,to be provided with autona tic
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have been classified-top secret and all members of the section hid,
to sign, a declaration that they will never enter the weets 'n sector
of Harlin. Two members . os The section are the engineers Kiss an
Osehusts'of the Berlin Design Office for Industrial ConstrMtion,
who vere selected for the trip to'Mosoav..Due to the lack of
technological data, construction drsving$ have progressed only
slowly so that delays in target dates have already result.
The nno3asr station will be established in the` following two
(1) The p1gnned main building -area will consist of :
construction phases:
a. Construction phase It
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b. Construction phase II: Work on this phase will start only
after 1961.
4. The planned nuclear station, a pure condenser system, will operate
similar to a coal-fired station, but with an atomic reactor as
heating installation. The first construction phase provides for the
establishment of a 70-mega-watt (w) turbine. The atomic reactor,
planned for the same construction phase, will have an output of
265 Md. During the second construction phase, another turbine with
an output of 70 M4 and.a second'reactor are planned to be established.
Upon completion, the installation will thus have a total output of
140 Md, including 125 MJ delivered to the net and 15 MST for own
consumption. The entire reactor, turbine, all water reservoirs,
pipe lines, and all installations manufactured of superrefined
steel and placed in the radioactive zone will, be delivered from the
USSR. The uranium fuel will also be supplied from the USSR when the
station is put in operation. It has already been calculated that the
electric current produced in the nuclear station will be three times
as expensive as regular current.
5. The planned reactor will be a water-water-energy reactor of type
WWER..2 which operates with thermic neutrons. Ordinary water will be
? used as moderator. The uranium rods are placed in water. The
installation is enclosed by a superrefined steel casing and out-
wardly by a concrete casing. The nrclear power reactor operates
with 151 rods including 132 fixed uranium rods and 19 rods belonging
to the control system of the reactor. Of these 19 rods, 14 are also
uranium rods which.are movable instead of fixed. These 14 rods,
required for the so-called coarse control (Grobsteuerung) can be
.raised showing'the rod extension which consists of neutron-absorbing
material.. Two other rods of, the. 19 rods represent the so-called
precision control (Feinsteuerung). They are also made of uranium,
but have a movable core consisting of neutron-absorbing material.
The remaining 2 rods, also consisting of neutron-absorbing material,
are safety-rods which are-to be installed in the reactor in an
emergency, An engineer who worked on the basic project in Moscow
stated that the reactor requires a total of 20 tons of uranium
oxyde including 1.5 % of U-2353 one reactor filling lasts for six
months before refilling is necessary.
6. The first circuit system (Kreislaufsystem)-consists of three
sections, each section operating independently. Three sections are
conducted through the reactor by means of pipe lines in which
circulates overheated water under 100-atm. pressure. The water with
a temperature of 2720C looses 17?C while circulating the pipe system
at a speed of 7 meters/second. (Errors in the temperature data are
possible). Each section involves 3 steam generators and a main
circulating drum. The steam produced in the so-called steam
generators transmits its heat to the so-called second circuit by
means of steam generators. Thus, no water can be conveyed from the
first. circuit to the second circuit. The water of the first circuit,
which also serves for moderating purposes, naturally is radioactive
as are the circulating drums and steam generators. of the first
circuit. The water (steam) of the second circuit is not radio-
active, while the water of the first circuit is distilled water taken
from the second ofrouit. The first circuit has .a total volume of 111
cubic miters of water. There ia`the so-called technical distillation
and the so-called special distillation, the latter referring to the
process of decontamibating the radio-active water of the first
circuit. The residues are transported to the.so-called cemetery for
decontamination..
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?. various details concerning the power plant construction:
a, .The cooling water for the ~urbinex of the nuclear station is to
be taken from Nehmits lake and,, after utilization in this plant,
will be piped into. Stechlin lake. From there the water is to
flow back into-"Neha its Lake through a canal which. has to ' be
improved before. A regulating plant, planned to be 'established
at Nehmits Lake, ie to level up the water level if -this bas
sunk. For this purpose, the regulating plant will pump' water
from. the Navel River into Nehmits Lake.
b. In connection with the construction of the nuclear etatioi a
new transforming plant is to be established near Fusratenbeorg/
Mecklenburg where a connecting pipe of the nuclear station is
to be coupled with a north south overhead line. This will'
provide the possibility to supply Hennigadorf and Oranienburg
with additional electric power from the nuclear station.
c. A,railroad spur track will be laid from the nuclear station
to Rheineberg freight station.
d. An approach road is also to be established.
s. Construction work bas already started on a housing area in
Rheinsberg for the personnel employed In the nuclear station.
At first, the construction workers will be billeted there.
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