Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000600120001-8 *tors have their impartial prognosis. And to avoid accusing them of prejudice, we'll cite some figures. The natural population growth rate in 1990 was 0.1 per thousand. In 1991, it was off the bottom of the scale. It was found that instead of a natural growth rate, there was a natural loss of -0.12. This is one of the lowest growth figures for all of Russia. (SNAP 921020) * * * * Title: NUCLEAR AND PUBLIC HEALTH SITUATION OF CHELYABINSK-65 Primary Source: Meditsinskaya gazeta, Au- gust 7, 1992, No. 62 (5287), p. 15, col. 1 Extract: For forty years, plutonium for nuclear weapons has been produced [in Chel- yabinsk-26] in the South Urals. Three nu- clear disasters have turned this site into an ecological disaster area, one of the most radioactively contaminated places on Earth. In the "Hiroshima-Nagasaki-Cherno- by1" world classification of nuclear dis- asters, this area has been fodder for jour- nalists and 'greens.' The radiation back- ground within the city limits does not ex- ceed the norm. Nevertheless, if it is com- pared to other closed cities with similar plants, the overall morbidity is fifty per- cent higher, with oncological diseases 150 percent higher, diabetes mellitus 100 per- cent higher, and congenital anomalies en- countered 80 percent more often. The past leaves its mark. The village of Muslyukovo is still one of the region's sore points. At the river, a dosimeter reads 823 micro- roentgens per hour, about 40 times higher than the norm. According to all current radiation safety regulations, the people should have been immediately evacuated. (SNAP 921020) * * * * Author: Leskov, Sergey Title: ACCELERATOR COMPLEX IN PROTVINO LANGUISHES UNDER INADEQUATE FUNDING Primary Source: Izvestiya, August 11, 1992, No. 181 (23755), p. 2, cols. 3-7 Extract: In the city of Protvino, a new accelerator and storage complex (UNK) is under construction. Its technological fea- tures permit unique experiments that are impossible in principle on any other in- stallation in the world. According to plans, the Protvino UNK should become oper- ational in 1993. But in 1992, financing was cut back to one-fourth of the previous year's level. Work at the site has nearly stopped. And it's even more vexing since the tunnel is practically complete -- 22 kilometers have been dug, and only finish- ing and surface work remain. If the pres- ent level of financing is continues, esti- mates are that the facility is not likely to be completed this century. Nineteen Russian academicians have sent a letter on the accelerator's fate to the Russian government. A group of Nobel laureates and leaders of the European Cen- ter for Nuclear Research (CERN) tried to draw the attention of the country's leaders to UNK's importance. In March, a hitherto unprecedented high commission came to Prot- vino: Nechayev, Shorin, Mikhaylov, Salty- kov. And they also delivered an opinion on UNK's importance. But as before, no re- sult, no concrete financing can be won. Observing our budgetary impoverish- ment, Western researchers are trying to somehow save the project, which is impor- tant for all the world's science. A group of American specialists headed by world- renowned Professor P. Schlein [7] recently came to Protvino. He made a paradoxical suggestion: modify the UNK project to give it the parameters of a supercollider. The project could be completed by 1997, and would take $400 million, mostly from the Americans. The idea is very enticing. But it's best to be realistic: all Professor Schlein's prestige probably won't be enough to convince the U.S. government to abandon a series of national projects to transfer funds to Protvino. Funds are being allocated to support science in the country, and they're not small. But they are being distributed by the principle of putative fairness: so as not to offend anyone. But world experience tells us it would be worthwhile to set pri- orities. Today, all the world's authori- Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000600120001-8
Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000600120001-8 rties agree that not finding the funds for a unique proton accelerator is tantamount to abandoning space flight or halting cancer research. Meanwhile, rich industrialists from Taiwan are coming to Protvino on Au- gust 12 to found a joint venture with our tunnelers. While we look for funding, the workers are already being forced against their wills to convert to filling foreign orders. (SNAP 921020) * * * * Author: Manucharova, Yevgeniya Title: MACHINE FOR BIOFIELD TREATMENT OF MEDICAL DISORDERS INVENTED Primary Source: Izvestiya, August 11, 1992, No. 181 (23755), p. 2, cols. 3-7 Extract: We have received a TASS report that at a certain Moscow research institute (until recently strictly secret) has in- vented a "super machine equal in effective- ness to a thousand faith healers." It treats headaches, and even diseases that were considered difficult or impossible to treat until now, such as epilepsy. The effect is based on replacing the body's information field: positive infor- mation storage devices transfer it to the person, changing his emotions, behavior, and character for the better. Timid and shy people can become self-assured, and those inclined to depression receive tough- ness. The Ostankino evening channel showed part of the machine and its antenna, as well as a woman whose headache passed as soon as the machine was turned on. The re- search institute that developed the super healer prefers to retain its secrecy for now. Even so, we will hope that the de- signers give us a more detailed report on their new medical experiment. Behind the development of the appa- ratus is long work by many scientists in the most varied fields. It's nothing new for physicists, psychologists, chemists, physiologists, and sociologists to study 5 the environment's effect on man. This has been especially important for people forced to work in extreme, stressful conditions. And such professions are legion: polar ex- plorers, test pilots, cosmonauts, mountain climbers, geologists (especially those who prospect for magnetic ores). Scientists had to understand just what is harmful in the hostile outdoor environment. They mea- sured the body's reactions to various types of waves (acoustic, light, thermal), simu- lated them in laboratories, and created new ones: those that neutralize the environ- ment's perniciousness. Physicists and physiologists also per- formed measurements of biological currents while hypnotherapists and faith healers were at work. For example, Dzhuna [Davi- tashvili] applies her healing hands in mas- sage, and the instruments record her bio- currents, the change in their state and the condition of the patient, and so on. The measurements made it possible to reproduce the currents. And (what's important!) to amplify them. In principle, the machine can surpass Dzhuna in some ways (precisely recorded ones), and can reproduce some of her ac- tions. But when they tell of the possibil- ities of duplicating her effects, physiolo- gists express doubt that the mechanism will surpass the living person, especially since the body is not fully understood. (SNAP 921020) * * * * Comments should be addressed to: FASTC/DXLT Attn: Roger Crozier WPAFB, OH 45433-6508 Additions or deletions to the distribution list should be addressed to: FASTC/DXLP Attn: Mary Washington WPAFB, OH 45433-6508 Recipients of the Daily SNAP are advised that SNAP is intended solely for U.S. gov- ernment agencies and their designated con- tractors. Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000600120001-8