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Not for Publication Secret 21 Feb. 79 05363 Return to the General Section of the Central Committee of the CPSU USSR COMMITTEE OF STATE SECURITY [KGB] February 21, 1979 - No. 346-A Moscow Construction Flaws at the Chernohyl Nuclear Power Plant [AES] According to data in the possession of the KGB of the USSR, design deviations and violations of con struction and assembly technology are occurring at various places in the construction of the second generating unit of the Chernobyl AES, and these could lead to mishaps and accidents. The structural pillars of the generator room were erected with a deviation of up to 100 mm from the refer ence axes, and horizontal connections between the pillars are absent in places. Wall panels have been installed with a deviation of up to 150 mm from the axes. The placement of root plates does not conform to the designer's specifications. Crane tracks and stopways have vertical drops of up to 100 mm and in places a slope of up to 80. Deputy head of the Construction Directorate, Comrade V.T. Gora, gave instructions for backfilling the foundation in many places where vertical waterproofing was damaged. Similar violations were permitted in other sections with the knowledge of Comrade V.T. Gora and the head of the construction group, Comrade IU. L. Mat veev. Damage to the waterproofing can lead to ground water seepage into the station and radioactive contamina tion of the environment. The leadership of the Directorate is not devoting proper attention to the foundation, on which the quality of the construction largely depends. The cement plant operates erratically, and its output is of poor quality. Inter ruptions were permitted during the pouring of especially heavy concrete causing gaps and layering in the founda tion. Access roads to Chernobyl AES are in urgent need of repair. Construction of the third high-voltage transmission line is behind schedule, which could limit the capacity utilization of the second unit. As a result of inadequate monitoring of the condition of safety equipment, in the first three quarters of 1978, 170 individuals suffered work-related injuries, with the loss of work time totalling 3,366 worker-days. The KGB of Ukraine has informed the CPSU Central Committee of these violations. This is for your in formation. Chairman of the Committee [KGB] [signed] IU. Andropov Additional material on this issue can be found on the same website, including two documents entitled "Checking the Structural Condition of the First Unit of the Chernobyl AES" and "Defects in the Construction of the Chernobyl AES". Both are rather technical in nature. The detailed address of all three documents is http://sunsite.un.edu/pjones/russian/Chernobyl.html 12 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ 2000 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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