URANIUM ORE SORTING AND DISPATCHING STATION AT VYKMENOV

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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: April 4, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION .x-11-CWT-.-T
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE.
INFORMATOON
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
')UBJECT f trani= Ore_ Soxtinr, and ..Dispatching Station
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TH% DOCUUCi1T CONTAIU INFORUATIO11 AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFC'ISE
OF THE U1)ITED STATES TWITHIN THE OCAILIHG OF TITLE M SECTIONS 79S
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AND 944. 07 THE U. S. CODE. AS AUEUDED. ITS TRAIISTJISS1011 OR REVEL REVEL-
AT{OH OP ITS CONTENTS TO OR DECEIPT BY fill UNAUTHORIZED PERSON `?
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SUPPLEMEM TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS U NEl ALUM D I1 FGRWYkITION
uranium-ors sort= nr= and clis a,(xoh:i n- station at, VyIt)nann s wa bt .11 t in l95la1c.:Lc~2
The ib'rai_ium ore del F deg?c r_. by the mir2 s neaar.46ohymoV ,, I3cz1 Dar?
,Fearri , lcv o e Zadni Chodfl:.: erere provost d at [ryi ~ Loca? The
ore arrived on Tastra~ 110 trucks and wa; i ba.orola ,r bo;es. 'J;Lte ore
sent to VTykmanov was Dh .Fspea in tuck s to the. sorting station there it v: g s
reg;rownd and then conzeyed `over a- bucket belt to the flotation, plant where
it was 'washed with chemica_Us0 After the dreg sed ore had been dried, it e:as
sen to the analytical department for ehc cal tests and. pressed there Into
bricks, S x 4 x 3 cm0 The pressed ore looked black land each b:.'a.ck weighed
exactly-' 1 kg0 Laboratory r>assietkLnts stated' that these bricks L. d a L?~ecaio~
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activity from O S2 to 0.7 percent T
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Ten pressed-ore bricks each were put on wooden frames and tai si. into the
storage shed for pure ore." Tne??ri the bricks.,,-were packed in box s and barrels
whose net weight was exactly 80 kg. The boxes and bare' els twc= loae -Nci_ into,
special. sheet' metal-linod boxcar ., o i h .of there boxcars wac gua:ccl,ad by a
Soviet 'sentry and an Sly man. One boxcar was. allegcdly~, -oaded wi`.:ri. 280
30
40
Generally,,, railroad cars wore loaded with t ranlum ore only ?ci'?+ e.c r
and:, in rare casesp three times a month0 Groups of four via .l:c'oad ca: wee ~
loadedo' It was believed- that uranium-ore trains were di ar.che to Fola) x".
and they USSR d via Ostrov, F?ragvi3~,mi.d Cgsky Test no At Ha.?:zi Slav._cv :y .t vrw,;
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heard that uranium ors ?_: ra L Czech oslo a a wa also son J t~ t &;~`1? ~%
Cierna nad Tison, i - -
The GTZ.::esr os ting plant at Vykmanov employed about /,O() 1o:,'oed la crors',
Soviet personnel worked at the so-called "Nollektorenr ,.3
Observations indicated that some of the uranium ore produced i. CzTchoslovakia
was dispatched to the USM via ~Opo Forced laborer.: cmar:cing in teraniumi are
mines stated that pure cr c y h 4~brY8 Llo U c ..-r. r ag_ 0-1- Ta Uip,~?.t ' ?'
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CLASSIFICATION
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Into sleet- : petal containers,, shipped to Karlovy Vary and from there by
air to the MR. Other forced laborers stated that cranium ore was
al o dispatched to the GDR via Usti nad Labour.
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o ~Go_gM,. For schematic diagaam'indicating the layout of the OT v v, . plant in y orr see Annex 10
a. Comment. This installation has been previously reported under 50X1-HUM
'the name Technical Control Office. The abbreviation of its Czech nereg.
OPi1y has been variously reported an sta.ndinp, for Odborna tecnn icka kontrola
or for Oddeleni teenn1eke kontroly.
~ ~4 i70:9- u1oor Plan of the O in Vyk ovs, see Aunex 2 a 50X1-HUM
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Cwqphlem). rcress tat1on of ore p.-cocessing in v r3ous dap tm is of G
OTP in
2 a.1roaa station,
2 Railroad 1i: a to Ostrov o vhich the ore was d. ,tt ed to the U3 P
j - RoVba of or arriving. from
Jach3nnov.
Route of are arrt i g fr? other mining areas such as Slav ovm
5 m coot ors shipments.
6 - Ores- orting station.,
7 - 1'1o t ,ttio i pL: t?
e dp r nt.
9 m storage of pure ore..,
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Route of outgoing boxcars filled ddth aaraxa.am orc.
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Watchtow To the north sib OM-plex ru a secured by a board
fence 2.5 meters high. ho .other eider were surrounded by a
double %dre fence.
2 in gore
Orosrd1uouse, si ic,= torn brick building,, about 10 x 5 motors.
asuring station.
Min laboratory.. s filesstory brick bu 18.i v about 50 x 20 cater
New 1aboratorieat thrs stor brick: uildi ngg ,about 50 x 30
meters o The bui1 ing he e be'co pl ~tcd b~p December
1.954 .
Singleasfio brick building ( ganese plant), in an area surrounded
by a wooden fence. M .t rlal %ia&& s& pped from inatgllation its K14
to this building
s 7 ~ ? f
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T of u adeter. fined teHa1"whioh ived on Tatra -trucks from
places outside Vyl aanov . The to a1 was tested, at +Axe asiuring
station (ice .W6.8) rams f there cony ye d to installation item
WO. 14 and Installation 4 i tem No' 19 r. ? . r+
9 through 13 Brick and wood buai di cgs of undetomined size. Building
Item : 9 was pro : ed .th a ramp a:here boxes and sheet
metal containers were unloaded from trucks. The buildings
items of 9 through 13 Wore. inter anoct by gangways and it
appeared that conveyer belts were installed in them,
14 through 16 Brick buiild i s. BUMIAgs items NO -14 and 15 Had two storiea
building item o.16 was a 10-story tower of red bricksE a
conspicuous 1.e, d aarkk of the, Kfl From the buildings Itow .15
and 16. mater1al was trucked to wilding It No. 19 A metallic
ise which sided as If steel was striking steel vas, hid
from the W1401-01
.17 ~.3 ingls-story brick b iding, 60 x 40 meters, with a ramp along the
railroad track. Fire= this ramp eheettmatal containers ware loaded
into boxcars.
28 large giatities of ...ew empty motel n' .inars.
19 Roofed-o ar loading bridge f c4hhich the ore was dammed through
chutes- From tho d p a the ore was loaded 'by means of conveyor belts
into railroad cars
Railroad, tra, .
? 21. ransf -rme r et~;tion ..:. ? .
22 Timber yard,,
23 - Fjv~q tomp
era uildings; behind them were si.n dia~o1 ,# 'eases
quaxterSaW 30 perw eL
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