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Although
the earthquake
in question
was
of no greater magnitude than many
others
that occur every year,
the
fact that
it took place beneath
a big city
made
it possible
to study it
in greater detail.
The earthquake
was
connected with
a mighty local
fracture
of
the earth's
core
In
the Tashkent area.
A certain amount
of information
is available
on change
that occurred
in
the hydrochemical
contents
in drilled wells,
and
tnese
changes
are
connected with
the repeated tremors
of this
earthquake.
Unfortunately,
no
me thod^ofk forecasting
the
time
and place
of an earthquake f
/e/et been evo ved
in any country,
although,
with available modern equipment ,,
it
is
pOSSibl
to
tackle
this problem
in
the USSR,
in Japan,
and
in the United State..
At
the moment,
a search
is
afoot
to determine
the most recognizable
forerunners
of earthquakes.
Among these
forerunners
are
changes
in
the character of
the
constantly occurring deformations
in
the earth's
core.
It
is known,
for instance,
that mountains
are
constantly growing,
although very closely and imperceptibly.
These processes
are accompanied by some
changes
which,
according
to
some data,
occur before
earthquakes;
hence,
the
importance
of 'carrying on observations
in
this
field.
Uzbek scientists consider
that
the
concentration of radon gas
that
has been observed
in drilled wells
is
in some way connected with the earthquake.
Another
important problem
is
connected with building.
Seismologists
are not
only concerned
in studying
the
forerunners
of earthquakes,
but must provide
builders
with data which would help them
in erecting quake-resistant structures.
The Tashkent earthquake
damage
was greatly decreased
in
the
case
of buildings
where
this had been taken into consideration.
Account, must be
taken of the extra
load
taken on by buildings during earth tremors and scientists
are now engaged
in research into
the most precise
data on this
subject.
INSTITUTE SET UP TO STUDY INVERSION OF ENERGY
Moscow TASS International Service
in English 0705 GMT
4 Dec
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Moscow- -Soviet scientists have
set
up an institute
to
study
the problems_^^
of the inversion
of energy.
The new scientific
center will
seek more
economical-
and effective
ways
to use
the resources
of energy,
ways
to restore by inversion
the
energy scattered
in
space,
and ways
of centration of energy.
Tens of
major scientists,
engineers,
and designers
will
work on
these problems without
stopping their main occupations
and without additional pay-
The experiments
of the scientific
center will be
staged at
the Institute
of
iQ fv.r.g/.r.py
in Moscow.
The center
Is headed by Prof Pavel
Oshchepkov,
who
'substantiated
the
basic points
of introscopy as
science.
"Scientists have
to solve
a topical problem— find means
for
the recovery of diffused
energy," Professor Oshchepkov told TASS.
As
an example,
he referred
to
the
galvanic
cells
which consume heat
from ambient space
when
they generate
electricity.
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"To solve
the problem of utilizing diffused energy
it
is necessary,
first
of
all,
to
'close
the
circuit'
in
the
field
of,
for example,
conversion of heat
into electricity
and back,
the
conversion ratio being
close
to
one.
It
is possible
that
this principle
of concentration of energy may
be
put
into practice
on the
basis
of the
conversion
and
transfer of energy inside
a solid body by means
of electrons,"
the scientist said.
"According
to the principle
of conservation of energy,
energy can
be neither
created
nor
' destroyed.
Modern natural
science makes
scientists
come
to
the
conclusion that
there
exists
a fundamental
third law of nature
:
the
law of concentration of energy
mass.
This law
is
an integral part
of
the entire
law of
the
development
of matter from
simple
to more
complicated
forms.
Diffusion of energy should
be regarded
as
de concentra-
tion of energy.
Therefore,
concentration and deconcentration of energy
are
the
two
sides
of the
fundamental
lav/ of nature,"
Professor Oshchspkov said.
MELEKESS ATOMIC REACTOR BUILT
IN RECORD TIME
Moscow Domestic '(Service
in Russian 0200 GMT 4 Dec
67 L
(Text)
A new atomih reactor called Peace
[Mir] Mas been built
in record
time
at
the
Melekess
Atomic Reactor Research Institute,
It
is
the most powerful
and perfected of
all research reactors
l*ot only In
the
USER,
but
in Europe
too.
It
is
intended for
the
in*
vestigatlon of materials'*, in '.n tensive neutron streams
and
in high temperature
conditions.
The new atomic reactor wasViade
for only peaceful purposes,
and
the word fully corre-
sponds
to
its designation.
Nit
is made up of
the
Initial letters
of the name material
research reactor
[ mate rialove ache skiy issledovatelskiy reaktor].
The power
of the reactor
is
100,000 megawatts.
In a normal reactor
the material has
to
remain for
a number
of years
to receive
the radiation dose which
the
Peace gives
in
a
few months.
The
Peace uses highly enriched uranium for
fuel.
The
reactor can work at
full power without strain for 20-22 days.
The new reactor
is
of the so-called pool
[bassexnyy]
type.
Its
active
zone
is located under
a layer
of water.
ATOMIC
POWER STATION
ON MANGYSHLAK PENINSULA
Moscow TASS International
Service
in English 0734 GMT
2 Dec
L
(Text)
Mosoow--A fast-neutron realtor
is being assembled
in
the
town of Shevchenko
on
the Mangyshlak Peninsula,
on
the
Eastern coast
of
the
Caspian Sea.
An atomic power
station will
be
commissioned
in
two yWrs
In
the
area where major
oil deposits
were
discovered recently.
\
The
commercial
fast-neutron atomic reactor, will
be
the
first ever built
in
the
world.
This
is
the
type
of reactor which reproduces more nucleai
fuel
than
it burns,
.
Shevchenko,
a large
industrial
center,
is using only desalinated sea water.
Its
de-
salination plants will
be using
the power
of
the', atomic station
in the
future..
The
atomic power station in Shevchenko will have
three
functions
simultaneously:
It
will produce
about
a
1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year:
It will supply
steam to the desalination plant with an annual
capacity of 40 million
cubic meters
of
distilled water:
Its
third function will
be extensive reproduction
of plutonium,
nuclear
fuel.
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