ANCILLARY FACILITIES, UTILITIES, AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, KYSHTYM ATOMIC ENERGY COMPLEX, USSR,(Sanitized)

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
NPIC/R-188/64
March 1964
ANCILLARY FACILITIES, UTILITIES,
AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS,
KYSHTYM ATOMIC ENERGY COMPLEX, USSR,
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
ANCILLARY FACILITIES, UTILITIES,
AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS,
KYSHTYM ATOMIC ENERGY COMPLEX, USSR,
NPIC/R?188/64
March 1964
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INTRODUCTION
This report updates and revises all
previous information 1/ 2/ on ancillary
facilities, utilities, and transportation net-
TO
KARA BASH
TO S COW
KYSHTYM
S VERD LO VSK
?KYSHTYM
CHELYARINSK
TO
KUZN ETSKOYB
TO
CH ELY ABINSK
Waste
Pond
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RGAYASH
TETS
Novogornyy
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Road
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Fence
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FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMPLEX, KYSHTYM, USSR.
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works serving the Kyshtym Atomic Energy
Complex (Figure 1). It is basedprimarily
on all __________photography of the com-
plex up to and including that of
This is the final report on the
KYSHTYM
ATOMIC ENERGY
COMPLEX
BIZHELYAK
STATION
NPIC/R-188/64
complex prepared by NPIC under project
number J-220/63. Other detailed reports
have been published under this project
number on the following principal areas
within the complex: Reactor Areas I, II,
III, the Chemical Processing Area (all of
which are located in the Main Production
Area), the Tatysh Production Area, and
the Argayash Thermal Electric Power
Plant (Argayash TETS). 3/
The excellent quality of the
photography provides details not pre-
viously discernible and permits an analy-
sis of changes which have occurred in
the ancillary facilities (Figure 2). Newly
identified facilities include a waste pro-
cessing facility north of Reactor Area III
and a pumping station (W) on the southern
shore of Lake Kyzyltash. The previously
reported Possible Storage Facility and the
Filtration Plant can now be identified as
a probable fabrication facility and a pro-
cessing and storage facility, respectively.
ANCILLARY
FACILITIES
Waste Processing Facility. A newly
identified waste processing facility is
located north of Reactor Area III in the
northeast corner of the Main Production
Area (Figures 3 and 4). This facility
was first observed on
photography and was previously
reported as an unidentified activity. 2/
It contains three buildings in e d gs connected by
overhead conduits or pipe galleries and
five tanks. The buildings resemble three
buildings observed in the probable pumping
station north of the Possible Fuel Element
Fabrication Facility in the Tomsk Atomic
Energy Complex. 4/ Two tanks (about
40 feet in diameter) located on the north
side of the largest building may contain
acid used in waste treatment. An un-
covered sunken tank (85 feet in diameter)
northeast of the buildings was not visible
in but construction
activity in the vicinity of the tank was
observed ml I A probable under-
ground pipeline connects this tank to two
uncovered sunken tanks (85 feet indiame-
ter) approximately 1,600 feet northwest
of the buildings. Although security pre-
cautions at the facility were not completely
discernible, a fence and a guardhouse were
observed in the vicinity of the three build-
ings. Eight abandoned buildings, an un-
identified area, and an abandoned con-
struction camp are located southwest of
the facility.
Two probable emergency retention
basins are situated on the southeast shore
of Lake Kyzyltash about 0.5 nautical miles
(nm) northwest of the Waste Processing
Facility (Figures 3, 4, 10, and 11). The
area occupied by the basins covers approx-
imately 15 acres. No pipeline connections
between the basins and the facility are
visible. A probable buried pipeline ex-
tends from a possible control valve point
north of Reactor Area III to the southern
tips of the basins. Drainage from the
basins is visible, and efforts have been
made to contain it by means of a probable
drainage ditch southeast of the basins. A
dam prevents drainage from these basins
from flowing into the nearby hot water
channel.
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FIGURE 2. MAIN PRODUCTiON AREA, KYSHTYM ATOMIC ENERGY COMPLEX
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FIGURE 3. WASTE PROCESSING FACILITY,
DRAINAGE ITCH u~~?+u`un+11`+unnul
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SUNKEN TANKS FENCE
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EXCAVATION
WASTE
PROCESSING
TO
CHEMICAL
PROCESSING
AREA
Probable Fabrication Facility. Iden-
tification of a stack and two large
fabrication/processing-type buildings now
makes it possible to identify the pre-
viously reported Possible Storage Facility
2/ in the western part of the Main Pro-
duction Area as a probable fabrication
facility (Figure 6 and Table 1). (Building
numbers are keyed to Figure 6.) This
facility is fenced and road and rail served.
It contains approximately 12 buildings, the
most prominent of which are two fab-
rication/processing-type buildings (build-
ings 6 and 7). Building 6 has a lower
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in the vicinity of the Probable Fabrication
Facility in (Figure 6). The un-
identified area about 1,600 feet northeast
of the facility may be secured and con-
tains a mound of earth and a small
building. A small clearing containing
two rectangular buildings (buildings 14
and 15) is visible approximately 900 feet
southwest of the Probable Fabrication
Facility and is connected to it by a well-
traveled road.
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Improved road
Secondary road
- Fence
Probable buried pipeline
500
1 000
FEET (A
FiGURE 4. WASTE PROCESSING FACILITY.
extension on the north side and is rail
served. A newly identified stack 130
feet high is connected to building 10 by
a short flue. A possible buried tank 80
feet in diameter is visible in the north-
east corner of the facility. A separately
fenced probable security and administra-
tion building (building 1) is located out-
side the main entrance to the facility,
and an unidentified trace which parallels
the road terminates in the vicinity of this
building.
A possible motor pool, an unidentified
area, and a small clearing were observed
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Processing and Storage Facility. The
photography
revealed that the previously reported Fil-
tration Plant 2/ 1.5 nm west of Reactor
Area I is actually aprocessing and storage
facility (Figure 7). This facility con-
tains 15 buildings and is separately
secured. The most prominent structures
in the facility are six rail-served ware-
houses (each 165 by 60 feet) connected
by a long loading platform. Two additional
warehouses are situated north of the
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UNIDENTIFIED
SCARRING
TO TATYSH
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TO MAIN CONTROL
AND DISTRIBUTION POINT
CLEARING
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/ PROCESSING
ANO
/ STORAGE FACILITY
Building numbers are keyed to table I
500
FIGURE 6. PROBABLE FABRICATION FACILITY.
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Table 1. Dimensions of Buildings in and near the Probable Fabrication Facility
(Building numbers are keyed to Figure 6)
1000
Building No
Dimensions (ft)
Building No
Dimensions (ft)
1
115x75
9
65x55
2
70x30
10
140x35
3
85 x 25
11
60 x 3 0
4
120 x 30
12
30 x 30
5
35 x 25
13
45 x 45
6
295 x 80
14
75 x 50
7
410x65
15
85x30
8
135 x 55
ABANDONED
LUMBERING
ACTIVITY
Railroad
Road
Trail
Fence
Possible fence
Power line
Steam fine
Unidentified trace
FIGURE 7. PROCESSING AND STORAGE FACILITY
loading platform and measure 295 by 50
feet and 200 by 50 feet, respectively.
FIGURE 8. ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE AREA
An irregularly shaped processing-type
building in the southern part of the facility
is also rail served and measures 590 by
95 feet overall. An improved road connects
the facility to the Probable Fabrication
Facility. No pipeline traces are dis-
cernible in or near the Processing and
Storage Facility, but a probable steam
line under construction enters the south-
west corner of the facility.
Administration and Service Area. The
southern shore of Lake Kyzyltash is the
principal administration and service area
for the Kyshtym Atomic Energy Complex
(Figures 8, 10, and 11). Administration
facilities include a main administration
building and eight buildings which may
be used for housing or as offices. Approxi-
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mately fifteen two-story barracks, possi-
bly for security troops, and an athletic
field are situated in the western portion of
the area. Service facilities in the area
include a steam plant, Pumping Stations
W and X, and substation A. These facilities
are discussed in detail under UTILITIES.
Facilities in Techa. The
I I photography of Techa provides the
best coverage of the town to date and
reveals the precise location of such
facilities as the steam plant, a substation,
a sewage treatment plant, and a probable
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brickyard (Figure 9). The main housing
facilities for the Kyshtym Atomic Energy
Complex are located in Techa.
UTILITIES
Electric Power. Further study of the
photography
necessitated minor revisions in the photo
interpretation of electric power in Reactor
Areas I, II, and III and in the Tatysh
Production Area (Figures 10 and 12 and
Table 2). The substations supplying
FIGURE 9. FACILITIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF TECHA,
power to the complex handle a maximum
of 110 kilovolts (kv). Whether any electric
power is now being generated by the steam
plant in the Administration and Service
Area cannot be determined from the
photography. Circuitry outside the com-
plex is confirmed and inside the complex,
probable, except where noted. Argayash
TETS will be considered a part of the
complex for the analysis of electric
power only.
Water. The Main Production Area is
supplied with water from Lake Kyzyltash
through Pumping Stations X, Y, Z, and
newly identified Pumping Station W, all
of which are located on the southern shore
of the lake. The probable flow of hot
and cold water is indicated in Figure 10.
Pumping Station W serves Reactor Area
I, and the scars of two probable buried
pipelines can be traced from this station
to the vicinity of the old water treatment
plant in that area. 3/ Pumping Station
X (previously described as suspect) 2/
has been expanded since and a new
pumping station is under construction 180
feet north-northwest of station X. This
station supplies water to the steam plant
near the southern shore of Lake Kyzylt ash,
probably to the old water treatment plant
in Reactor Area I, and probably to the
new water treatment plant under con-
struction north of that reactor area.
Pumping Station Y is the principal source
of water for Reactor Area II. Pumping
Station Z did provide water for Reactor
Area III at one time; however, the opera-
tional status of this area and of the buried
pipelines between Pumping Station Z and
the area cannot be determined from
the photography. 3/ It is possible that
station Z may now supply Reactor Area
II with water.
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The hotography re-
vealed the presence of vapor over the hot
water channel along the southeastern shore
of Lake Kyzyltash.
Steam. The Kyshtym Atomic Energy
Complex is supplied with steam by two
sources: the steam plant in the Adminis-
tration and Service Area, the older of the
two sources, and Argayash TETS 3 nm
south of the Main Production Area, the
principal source of steam for the complex
(Figure 10). 3/ The visible network of
steam lines, most of which are above-
ground, indicates that both plants definitely
supply steam to the Main Production Area
and to the Tatysh Production Area. The
steam plant on the southeastern edge of
the town of Techa supplies steam only to
the town and its local industries (Figure
9). However, if necessary, this plant
could provide steam to the atomic energy
complex through a steam line extending
from Techa to the Main Control and Dis-
tribution Point southwest of the Main
Production Area.
TRANSPORTATION
FACILITIES
The Kyshtym Atomic Energy Com-
plex is rail served by three branch lines
off the main north-south Ural railroad
(Figures 1 and 11). One line extends
from the town of Kyshtym to the Main
Production Area and to Techa; the second
passes through the Tatysh Production
Area, extends northward, and intersects
the first branch line at a wye junction;
the third line extends from Bizhelyak
Station southwest of Lake Ulagach, serves
Argayash TETS, and enters the southern
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I HOUSING
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ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE AREA
PUMPING
STATION Z
MAIN ADMINISTRATION HOT WATER
HOUSING
MAIN CONTROL ~m
AND
DISTRIBUTION POINT
OLD WATER
TREATMENT PLANT
PUMPING
PUMPING
STEAM
PLANT
STATION W STATION X
'tTNANSSHIPMENT'?,
AREA
CONTROL VALVE
BUILDING
BULDING
-SUBSTATION 0
CONTROL VALVE
BUILDING
CHANNEL
CHEMICAL PROCESSING
AREA
CONTROL VALVE
BUILDING
Waste Pond
DITCH
FIGURE 10. WATER, STEAM, AND ELECTRIC POWER SERVING THE MAIN PRODUCTION AREA.
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PROBABLE
FABRICATION`
FACILITY
PUMPING
STATION Y
HOT WATER
OUTLET\
j J CONTROL /
VALVE '
/ BUILDING j
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ACTIVITY
PROBABLE
RETENTION
BASINS
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Fence
Power line
Steam line
Probable steam line
Steam line under construction
Cold water flow
Hot water flow
Visible pipeline
Probable buried pipeline
Possible buried pipeline
Blsied pipeline ? probablynot
Channel
Intermittent stream
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FABRICATION
FACILITY
TO TECHA
ABANDONED
LAKE KYZYLTASH
REACTOR
AREA I
RAIL
YARD ?, SS
AND
S TORAGE?.
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REACTOR
AREA III
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TRANSSHIPMENT
AREA
RAIL YARD
MAIN
ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING
PROBABLE LOCOMOTIVE
MAINTENANCE BUILDING
TO TATYSH
PRODUCTION AREA
TO TECHA
TO TATYSH
Waste Pond
REACTOR
AREA if
FiGURE 17. TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES SERVING THE MAIN PRODUCTION AREA.
CONSTRUCTION'
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HOT WATER
CHANNEL
Railroad
-{--- Possible railroad
Improved road
Secondary road
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+I.^ Probable security
building
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portion of the Main Production Area.
Within the complex, most facilities and
areas are served by spurs, sidings, and
turnarounds which facilitate the handling
and transportaion of nuclear materials. A
newly identified turnaround now serves
Reactor Area III. Four rail yards are
discernible inside the Main Production
Area: one in the Administration and
Service Area; a second in the Trans-
VERKHNIY UFALEY
AND SVERDLOVSK
NUMBER OF
GENERATORS
NOT
DETERMINABLE
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shipment Area south of Reactor Area I;
a third just outside the northwest corner
of the Chemical Processing Area; and
a fourth yard at the southwest corner of
that area. Three of the yards contain
warehouses and maintenance shops.
The entire complex is served by
a network of good roads. Due to security
requirements, each of the three reactor
areas has one secured main entrance.
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Table ~. Electric Power Facilities Serving the Kyshtym Atomic Energy Complecs (Figure 12)
Facility
Location
Remarks *
Kyshtym substation N section of city of
Kyshtym
Techa substation S section of town
of Techa
Argayash TETS N of generator hall
switching yard
VERMIKU LIT
KASLI
KYSHTYM
TECH A
C-I C-2
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CHELYABINSK AREA
TATYSH
PRODUCTION
AREA
STEAM
PLANT
r
AREA Il
REACTOR
AREA I
E
REACTOR
AREA III
D I-------------------------OPERATIONAL
STATUS NOT
DETERMINABLE
CHEMICAL
PROCESSING
AREA
ARGAYASH
TETS
(NOVOGORNYY)
-- Possible 110-KV power circuit
110-KV power circuit -confirmed outside Kyshtym
Atomic Energy Complex - probable within complex
Generator
Possible transformer
GD Transformer
Possible substation/switching yard
Substation/switching yard
FIGURE 12. POWER CIRCUITRY SERVING THE KYSHTYM ATOMIC ENERGY COMPLEX.
KYSHTYM ATOMIC ENERGY COMPLEX
MAIN PRODUCTION AREA
Substation A Admin & Service Area
in Main Production
Area
Substation B Reactor Area I
Possible substation Facility A, Tatysh
C-1 Production Area
Possible substation Facility B, Tatysh
C-2 Production Area
Outside the Complex
Transformer & switching substation; tied into principal N/S
110-kv power line between Sverdlovsk & Chelyabinsk; 2 cir-
cuits (1 probable, 1 possible) tied to substation B; 2 circuits
serve Tatysh Production Area
Inside the Complex
Transformer substation; tied to single-circuit 110-kv power
line from city of Kasli & to substation A by single-circuit
110-kv power line
At least four circuits (3 probable, 1 possible) supported on two
2-circuit power lines probably tied to substation D; previous
connections to Kyshtym substation & substations A & B prob-
ably dismantled
Transformer & switching substation; 2 step-down transformers;
receives power over single-circuit 110-kv power line from
Verkhniy Ufaley; terminus of single-circuit 110-kv power line
from Kasli; tied by a probable single-circuit 110-kv power line
to substation B
Transformer & switching substation; 2 step-down transformers;
receives power from Kyshtym substation over a 1-, possibly
2-, circuit power line & over 1 of 2 circuits from Chelyabinsk
power line; probably tied to substation F by 1, possibly 2,
circuits; connections to substation E cannot be determined
from 63 photography
Possible transformer substation (1 possible transformer);
receives power from Kyshtym substation through possible sub-
station C-2 over a single-circuit power line
Possible transformer & switching substation (1 possible trans-
former); receives power from Kyshtym substation over a 2-
circuit power line
Substation D Outside NW corner of Transformer & switching substation; 2 step-down transformers;
Chemical Processing receives power over 3, possibly 4, circuits from Argayash
Area TETS & over 1 circuit of a 2-circuit power line from
Chelyabinsk; tied to substation F by 1, possibly 2, circuits;
connections to substation E not determinable fro hotog-
raphy
Substation E Reactor Area III Operational status not determinable fromitography; if in
service, probably tied to substations D & F
Substation F Reactor Area II
*All circuits are 110 kv.
Transformer & switching substation; 2 transformers; tied to
substations B & D by a 1-, possibly 2-, circuit power line
each; connections to substation E not determinable from
photography
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