URANIUM MINING IN BULGARIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003500220006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 26, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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1~ Uranium mine %ear' the Villaf,e of STHSi, Z (B ` 14)about
;a0 Location: 3 miles northwest of S'.i)i'
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b. i1, ra_i Oceurancess iriin1ng operations started in 19434
3ranoczri 1;e barium uranyl.p.hoephe-te) was found in the fi rst;
vein, which vein was soon exhausted "Otunit?" (calcium
uranyl. phos pbate) was discovered in another vein shortly a,; ter-
ward;. i'his mine, therefore, had no bariual, sulphur and. tboriuno
Al?thou;h ore occurrences ' of this vein al i :redly were ors inal ly
insi nificant, proparatiotaz for large-scale mi.nin~; were made,
Cantonment buildi.n;s and markings were observed.
a. Uranium Content: Ore lumps with a uranium element of 4 6,,5
percent and 1 09 percent (as L308) were found.
2 r Uranium iii nc 5 6 )
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The uranium ore analysis of t i.ic mir. indicated the oocua nee
of "tobernit" (copper uranyl pb.osphate). Specimens were found
to contain a uranium element ofi 6ry 67 percent to 28a 2 p,.rcent.
Uranium Ore .t a
ao 'x ler e dump is locived between t e fish market and the
state shipyard in the iarbur of V.3IiNA.
b. The uranium oro is chap lee, by rail from the BUHIOVQ mines
to the dump.
ce The u anium ore iu stored in piled-up sacks.
Outgoina Shipments
a., shipments leave onl.y* on Soviet aaipa bound fir ODS$8.k.
Loadiz Was done by Soviet ship crews.
left V.0.i.t . in 1946.
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b. Ten fully-loaded ships. with 8,OOO-to 10rDOG tone, each,
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CONFIDENTIAL In accordanc?+w h
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to til?
Archivist the& Un't
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v_r; fre. uent urauiw;t .iocureacoa
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