Facility: Ak-Tyuz
Location: Orlovka
Status: Uranium mining operations have ceased, but the Kyrgyz Chemical Metallurgical Plant in Orlovka continues to mine thorium, zirconium, and scandium.[1,2,3]
Sources:
[1] "Soobshcha za khvost potyanem!" Vechernyy Bishkek online edition, http://www.vb.kyrnet.kg/2000/12/13, No. 241 (7661), 13 December 2000.
[2] USSR Energy Atlas, January 1985, p. 42.
Facility: Kadzhi-Say
Location: Kadzhi-Say
Status: Uranium mining operations associated with lignite coal mining have been inactive since the early 1970s.[1,2,3]
Sources:
[1] NISNP interview with Kyrgyzstani physicist, September 1994.
[2] Oleg Bukharin, The Threat Of Nuclear Terrorism And The Physical Security Of Nuclear Installations And Materials In The Former Soviet Union: CRES Occasional Paper No. 2 (Monterey, CA: Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies), p. 17.
[3] Vitaliy Ponomarev, "The Nuclear Industry In Kazakhstan And Kyrgyzstan," Central Asia Monitor, No. 2, 1993, p. 34. {Updated 4/20/2001 KB}
Facility: Kyzyl-Dzhar
Location: Kyzyl-Dzhar
Status: Uranium mining operations associated with gold production are nonoperational.[1,2] Uranium mining caused major environmental damage to the region.[1,3]
Sources:
[1] NISNP interview with Kyrgyzstani physicist, September 1994.
[2] Aleksandr Yemelyanenkov et al., Atom bez grifa "Sekretno": tochki zreniya, (Moscow, Berlin: 1992), p. 34.
[3] Correspondence with senior Kyrgyz officials. {Updated 4/20/2001 KB}
Facility: Mayli-Suu
Location: North of Osh
Status: Uranium mining operations from sandstone are nonoperational.[1] Uranium mining caused major environmental damage to the region.[2,3]
Sources:
[1] Mining Journal, 27 April 1990, p. 22.
[2] NISNP interview with Kyrgyzstani physicist, September 1994.
[3] Correspondence with senior Kyrgyz officials. {Updated 4/20/2001 KB}
Facility: Min-Kush (also known as Kavak)
Location: Min-Kush
Status: Uranium mining and milling operations associated with lignite coal mining, operational in the 1960s, have been shut down.[1,2,3]
Sources:
[1] USSR Energy Atlas, January 1985, p. 42.
[2] Oleg Bukharin, The Threat Of Nuclear Terrorism And The Physical Security Of Nuclear Installations And Materials In The Former Soviet Union: CRES Occasional Paper No. 2 (Monterey, CA: Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies), p. 17.
[3] Vitaliy Ponomarev, "The Nuclear Industry In Kazakhstan And Kyrgyzstan," Central Asia Monitor, No. 2, 1993, p. 34.
Facility: Tonskiy Bay
Location: Issyk Kul
Status: Uranium mining operations have been inactive since the early 1970s.[1,2]
Sources:
[1] NISNP interview with Kyrgyzstani physicist, September 1994.
[2] Oleg Bukharin, The Threat Of Nuclear Terrorism And The Physical Security Of Nuclear Installations And Materials In The Former Soviet Union: CRES Occasional Paper No. 2 (Monterey, CA: Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies), p. 17.
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