DNEPROVSKIY TITANIUM-MAGNESIUM FACTORY ZAPOROZHYE, USSR

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DNEPROVSKIY
TITANIUM-MAGNESIUM FACTORY
ZAPOROZHYE, USSR
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the National Defense of the United States
within the meaning of the espion'.ge laws,
Title 1.8, USC, Secs. 793 and 794, the trans-
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TITANIUM-MAGNESIUM FACTORY
ZAPOROZHYE, USSR
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May 1961
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PREFACE
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This photographic intelligence report has been prepared to answer a
request for a determination of the extent, characteristics, and probable
types of production of the magnesium-titanium plant at Zaporozhye, USSR.
It was felt that the plant might be connected with zirconium production for
the Soviet atomic energy effort. The report is based primarily on
aerial photography since photographs are of
little value for purposes no t is requirement an'
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scarcity of collateral information on this plant.
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INTRODUCTION
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The Dneprovskiy Titanium-Magnesium Factory has been located on
M photographs of Zaporozhye, USSR, on the left bank of the Dnieper,
45 miles south of Dnepropetrovsk (see location map).
The factory is located to the north of the city at 47-53-30N 35-12-OOE
near the village of Srednyy Veselyy. Road and railroad facilities connect
it with Novyy Zaporozhye which is just to the southwest.
The photographic coverage of this factory in is of fair
to poor quality with the installation appearing on the oblique frames (see
Figure 1). There was snow on the ground at the time of the photography.
There is also some photography available, but the
plant was destroyed during the war, and vast changes have taken place
FIGURE 1. DNEPROVSKIY TITANIUM-MAGNESIUM FACTORY Is located to the north of the city
of Zaporozhye at Srednyy Veselyy (date of photograph
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since that time so that it is practically a new plant altogether. It is re-
ported that construction on the new plant may have begun in 1955. 1/
DESCRIPTION
The factory proper is a fenced installation approximately 2,600 feet
square with the main entrance and administration building on the west
side. Security measures appear to be consistent with those at other Soviet
hemical plants. The numerous buildings are laid out in a congested array
which is also typical of chemical plants. Many of the buildings are rail
Served.
An unusual feature at this plant is the striking length of certain of the
processing buildings in the center of the factory. One of these (No. 2,
Figure 2) measures 1,175 by 90 feet and appears to be connected to another
No. 1) just north of it which measures 1,050 by 90 feet and seems to be
in the process of being extended. There is a tall stack located between
-these two buildings.
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rap y was not successful. Nevertheless, these are the buildings and facil-
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1. Reactors for the Kroll process.
2. Vacuum electric-arc furnaces for converting titanium sponge to
metal.
3. Chlorinators making titanium tetrachloride.
4. Building for the production of titanium slag.
5. Two buildings under construction for making magnesium metal.
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Dneprovskiy Titanium-Magnesium Factory
Zaporozhye, USSR
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Dneprovskiy Titanium-Magnesium Factory
Zaporozhye, USSR
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FIGURE 2. DNEPROVSKIY TITANIUM-MAGNESIUM FACTORY. The large buildings in the center of the factory proper are monitor-roofed processing buildings producing titanium and magnesium.
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All of the major buildings in this factory have monitors on the roofs
for light, ventilation, and/or overhead cranes. In the northwest corner
of the installation there is a steam plant with two adjacent stacks and a
conveyor system. Coal is brought in along the rail spur which serves
the steamy plant from the east. The buildings along the several other rail
spurs in the north section of the installation probably have storage func-
tions.
There is a rather prominent building (No. 3) with an adjacent stack
located between two rail spurs in the southeast section of the factory.
This building has a long, towerlike section which occupies the middle of
the central portion of this building as indicated in Figure 2. This section
could house extraction columns such as those used in the production of
zirconium by the Kroll process in the United States. However, the rest
of the building and especially the adjacent tall stack cannot be compared
to the facilities at
A pipeline system has been identified on the photography as indicated
in Figure 2. Many of the process buildings are connected by these uniden-
tified pipelines, and it is quite likely that there are other pipelines which
cannot be seen due to smoke or shadows on the photographs.
Electric power lines serve the Dneprovskiy Titanium-Magnesium
Factory from the southeast. A line, probably 35 kilovolt (kv), from a
small transformer station at 47-53N 35-14E, and two probably 35 kv lines
from a primary transformer station at 47-61N 35-13E, converge just
southeast of the factory at what appear to be transformer poles. At this
point the 35 kv is probably stepped-down to 6/10 kv for use at the factory
as indicated in Figure 2. Here again, photo quality precludes identifica-
tion of all the power lines within the installation itself. However, there
is evidence of a possible rectifier located in the south section of the
factory.
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Just to the southeast of the factory proper there is a triangular area
measuring approximately 4,400 by 4,000 by 2,600 feet overall. Some of
this area, as previously indicated, is utilized in providing rail and elec-
tric power service to the titanium-magnesium plant. But the rest of this
area appears to be under construction and may very well represent an
expansion effort. Several large buildings have already been constructed
(see Figure 2), and at least a partial perimeter fence has been erected.
U he 10 large warehouses located outside of the fence appear to be more
directly associated with the factory proper than with the area of expansion.
PRODUCTION
estimated that in the fall of 1956 the Dneprovskiy
Titanium-Magnesium Factory was producing 4,000 tons of titanium chlo-
ride and 1,000 tons of titanium metal sponge annually. 1/
that the plant was only 40 percent completed at that time and
that in the future it would also produce magnesium metal. It is not pos-
Sible to determine from the photography if any other metal, such as zir-
c.onium, is being produced here for the Soviet atomic energy program.
The processes for producing zirconium are known to be similar to those
for producing titanium or magnesium. If additional security measures
are to be expected for zirconium production, they seem to be lacking
within the factory itself. However, it is possible that the area of expansion
is being constructed for production of something other than titanium or
magnesium and That it will be separately fenced.
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All of the major buildings in this factory have monitors on the roofs
for light, ventilation, and/or overhead cranes. In the northwest corner
of the installation there is a steam plant with two adjacent stacks and a
conveyor system. Coal is brought in along the rail spur which serves
the steam plant from the east. The buildings along the several other rail
spurs in the north section of the installation probably have storage func-
tions.
There is a rather prominent building (No. 3) with an adjacent stack
located between two rail spurs in the southeast section of the factory.
This building has a long, towerlike section which occupies the middle of
the central portion of this building as indicated in Figure 2. This section
could house extraction columns such as those used in the production of
zirconium by the Kroll process in the United States. However, the rest
of the building and especially the adjacent tall stack cannot be compared
to the facilities at
A pipeline system has been identified on the photography as indicated
in Figure 2. Many of the process buildings are connected by these uniden-
tified pipelines, and it is quite likely that there are other pipelines which
cannot be seen due to smoke or shadows on the photographs.
Electric power lines serve the Dneprovskiy Titanium-Magnesium
Factory from the southeast. A line, probably 35 kilovolt (kv), from a
small transformer station at 47-53N 35-14E, and two probably 35 kv lines
from a primary transformer station at 47-61N 35-13E, converge just
southeast of the factory at what appear to be transformer poles. At this
point the 35 kv is probably stepped-down to 6/10 kv for use at the factory
as indicated in Figure 2. Here again, photo quality precludes identifica-
tion of all the power lines within the installation itself. However, there
is evidence of a possible rectifier located in the south section of the
factory.
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 Just to the southeast of the factory proper there is a triangular area
measuring approximately 4,400 by 4,000 by 2,600 feet overall. Some of
this area, as previously indicated, is utilized in providing rail and elec-
tric power service to the titanium-magnesium plant. But the rest of this
area appears to be under construction and may very well represent an
.expansion effort. Several large buildings have already been constructed
(see Figure 2), and at least a partial perimeter fence has been erected.
L'he 10 large warehouses located outside of the fence appear to be more
directly associated with the factory proper than with the area of expansion.
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estimated that in the fall of 1956 the Dneprovskiy
' L'itanium-Magnesium Factory was producing 4,000 tons of titanium chlo-
ride and 1,000 tons of titanium metal sponge annually. 1/
conium, is being produced here for the Soviet atomic energy program.
The processes for producing zirconium are known to be similar to those
or producing titanium or magnesium. If additional security measures
are to be expected for zirconium production, they seem to be lacking
within the factory itself. However, it is possible that the area of expansion
k s being constructed for production of something other than titanium or
u'magnesium and that it will be separately fenced.
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that the plant was only 40 percent completed at that time and
t: hat in the uture it would also produce magnesium metal. It is not pos-
;sible to determine from the photography if any other metal, such as zir-
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