TOMSK ATOMIC ENERGY INSTALLATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04751A000300100024-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2001
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: June 1, 1961
• Content Type: BRIEF

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TOMSK ATOMIC ENERGY INSTALLATION
KEYHOLE photography of covers the Tomsk Atomic
Energy Installation (56-38N 84-52E) but only a small portion of the complex
is visible through heavy clouds. TALENT photography of 25X1 D
provided. excel.lent.coverage of the entire installation., 1/ - ever, areas of
probable new construction and activity can be noted on the new coverage
and it provides some information on power lines In the West. Siberian grid.
Z/ Analysis of details of those portions not cloud covered is further ham-
pered by heavy haze. No buildings or structures can be discerned, just
general ground patterns and areas that have been cleared of trees.
The following is a list of changes or areas of probable new construc-
tion and activity within the installation. Item numbers are keyed to the
photo mosaic of the installation from TALENT photography with the new
areas overprinted in red.
1. Mud Lake, dump area - the mud lake, a dump area for reactor
and chemical separation plant wastes has been expanded to the west, ap-
proximately doubling its size.
2. Possible new construction - a portion of this area was cleared of
trees on the TALENT photography, but in this clearing
had been enlarged. The presence of buildings cannot be determined.
3. Possible new construction - this area.has been cleared of trees,
but the presence of buildings cannot be determined.
4. Chemical Separation Plant - the chemical separation plant area
ha,s been enlarged to the west. The number or types of structures in this
new portion cannot be determined.
5. Possible power trace - this new clearing through the woods may
p.ossibly be a rerouted power line due to the expansion. of the mud lake.
6. Possible new pipeline or trench - a short section of cleared path
through the woods which may represent new links in .the pipeline or drain-
age network.
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I OMSK ATOMIC ENERGY INSTALL ATION. Red overprint shows areas disco ; od in brief, Shaded areas
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7. Possible new construction - this area has been cleared of trees,
but. the presence of buildings cannot be determined.
8. Possible new construction - this area has been cleared of trees,
but the presence of buildings -cannot be determined. On TALENT photog-
raphy the rail line serving the chemical separation plant ran through this
area.
9. Lake north of thermal power plant this small lake is ice free
in although the Tom River is frozen solid. This is fur-
ther supporting evidence that the .lake is used as a hold-up basin for reac-
tor coolant effluent.
10. Intake canal for thermal power plant - this canal, like item 9
above, is observed to be ice free in
KEYHOLE photography of reveals some
additional information on. portions of the West. Siberian grid which may be
relevant to the Tomsk installation. A. double power trace can be seen
leading from Anzhero-Sudzhensk (56-05N 86-02E) eastward to Tayga
(56-03N 85-37E),. At. Tayga the "lines split, one leading southwest to'Yash-
kino (55-53N 85-2.6E) and the other leading northwest along the rail line to
Tomsk. This latter branch can only. be traced approximately 5 nm before
it is lost in clouds.
MAPS or CHARTS
SAC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheets 0158-24A., 1st ed,
Jan 60; 0158-25A, lst.ed, Apr 59; and 0161-1A, 1st ed, Jul
58 (S)
DOCUMENTS
1. CIA.. HTA./JR-1/58, Tomsk Atomic Energy Installation, 28 Feb
58, (TSC)
2. CIA. NIS 26, Chapter 6, Section 62 (S)
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the meaning of the espionage laws U.S. Code Title 18, Sections 793, 794, and 798. The law prohibits its
transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person, as well as its use
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government to the detriment of the United States. It is to be seen only by U.S. personnel especially indoc-
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