PRODUCTION OF SULPHURIC ACID AND CHLORINE; EXPLOSION AT AGA CHEMICAL PLANT IN OSTRAVA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007800210010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2013
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 28, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
FORM T 10 N REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Production of Sulphuric Acid and Chlorine;
Explosion at AGA Chemical Plant in Ostrava
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DATE DISTR. 28 June 1953.
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The present annual production of sulphuric acid in Czechoslovalria is 300,000
tons. When the factory which is being constructed at Ibratovice is complcthd
in about 2 years, the total annual production of sulphuric acid will increase
to 5001000 tons.
2. The total production of chlorine in Czechoslovakia is as follows:
Daily production
United Chemical jorks, Usti nad Labem 30 tons
United Chemical Works, Novalcy 30 tons
Chemical Pharmaceutical Plant, Peratovice 20 tons
Total 80 tons
3. In December 1950, a heavy explosion occurred at the AGA chemical plant in
Moravska Ostrava, which produces industrial gases.
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