| Ozyorsk (English) Озёрск (Russian) |
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  Location of Ozyorsk on the map of Russia
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| Coordinates: 55°45′N 60°43′E / 55.75°N 60.717°ECoordinates: 55°45′N 60°43′E / 55.75°N 60.717°E | |
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| Administrative status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chelyabinsk Oblast |
| In administrative jurisdiction of | Chelyabinsk Oblast[citation needed] |
| Municipal status | |
| Municipal Status | Urban okrug |
| Head[citation needed] | Sergei Georgievich Chernyshev[citation needed] |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 657 km2 (253.7 sq mi)[citation needed] |
| Population (2002 Census) | 83,637 inhabitants[1] |
| - Density | 127 /km2 (300/sq mi)[2] |
| Time zone | YEKT/YEKST (UTC+5/+6) |
| Founded | 1945[citation needed] |
| Postal code(s) | 456780-456790[citation needed] |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 +7 35130[citation needed] |
Coordinates: 55°46′N 60°42′E / 55.767°N 60.7°E
Ozyorsk or Ozersk (Russian: Озёрск) is a closed town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It was founded on the shore of the Irtyash Lake in 1945. Until 1994, it was known as Chelyabinsk-65, and even earlier, as Chelyabinsk-40 (the digits are the last digits of the postal code, and the name is that of the nearest big city; that was a common practice of giving names to closed towns). In 1994, it was granted town status and renamed Ozyorsk. Population: 86,100 (2004 est.); 91,760 (2002 Census).[3]
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Economy
Ozyorsk was and remains a closed town because of its proximity to the Mayak plant, one of the sources of Soviet plutonium during the Cold War, and now a Russian facility for processing nuclear waste and recycling nuclear material from decommissioned nuclear weapons.
The plant itself covers an area of approximately 90 km² and employs about 15,000 people.
The Mayak is primarily engaged in reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel from the nuclear submarines and icebreakers and from nuclear power plants. Commercially, it produces cobalt-60, iridium-192, carbon-14 and establishes conversion production with use of radiative technologies applying wasteless technologies.
The town's coat of arms depicts a flame-coloured salamander representing the ecological situation after the 1957 accident.
Southern-Urals Construction Department (Russian: ЗАО "Южноуральское управление строительства") is another major enterprise. Its activities include construction for atomic industry needs, production of concrete constructions and construction materials.
Main products of Plant of Wiring Products #2 (ЗАО "Завод электромонтажных изделий №2") are low-voltage devices for military-industrial establishments.
1957 accident
Mayak was the site of a major 1957 disaster involving radioactive pollution (see list of military nuclear accidents). Ozyorsk and the surrounding countryside have suffered from serious radioactive pollution. The highway from Chelyabinsk to Ekaterinburg passes through the radioactive zone that resulted from the disaster. Travelling by bus, the only sign that you are there is the roadsign pointing down a backroad to the town of Kyshtym.
Education and culture
There are seventeen different cultural and public-service institutions.
There are sixteen secondary schools, two schools specializing in the English language, one gymnasium, physics-mathematics lyceum, three professional colleges, Southern-Ural Polytechnical College, Music College, Ozyorsk Engineering Institute (an affiliate of Moscow Engineering-Physical State University), and affiliates of Yekaterinburg's and Chelyabinsk's universities.
References
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_04_1.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2002 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the Census (2002).
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
External links
- (Russian) Official website of Ozyorsky Urban Okrug
- (Russian) Information portal of Ozyorsk
- (Russian) Website of Ozyorsk
- (English)Article about Ozyorsk and Mayak at uralpress.ru.
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