Sverdlovsk-45 (Novouralsk)

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Sverdlovsk-45, now known as Novouralsk, is a former secret Soviet closed city in Sverdlovsk Oblast that was a major center for the nuclear industry and uranium enrichment.

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instanceOf closed city
nuclear industry center
administrativeCenterOf Novouralsky Urban Okrug NERFINISHED
administrativeDivision Sverdlovsk Oblast NERFINISHED
administrativeStatus city under oblast jurisdiction
associatedWith Ural Electrochemical Combine NERFINISHED
belongsToCategory Soviet closed cities NERFINISHED
nuclear cities of Russia
classification secret city during Soviet era
controlledBy Rosatom (successor structures) NERFINISHED
Soviet military-industrial complex NERFINISHED
coordinatesRegion eastern slope of the Ural Mountains
country Soviet Union
countryAfter1991 Russian Federation NERFINISHED
economicSector nuclear fuel cycle
function nuclear fuel production
uranium enrichment center
governedAs closed administrative-territorial formation
hadCodeName Sverdlovsk-45 NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Novouralsk NERFINISHED
hasCurrentName Novouralsk NERFINISHED
hasLanguage Russian
hasType monotown (single-industry city)
historicalRole major center of Soviet uranium enrichment
industry nuclear technology
uranium enrichment
locatedIn Russia
Sverdlovsk Oblast NERFINISHED
locatedOn Asia–Europe boundary region
mainEmployer Ural Electrochemical Combine NERFINISHED
near Yekaterinburg NERFINISHED
partOf Russian nuclear industry NERFINISHED
Soviet nuclear program NERFINISHED
region Ural region NERFINISHED
securityStatus closed city (restricted access)
statusAfterUSSR remained a closed city
strategicImportance high
timePeriod Cold War
timezone Yekaterinburg Time NERFINISHED
transportRestrictions restricted entry and exit
usedFor production of enriched uranium for nuclear power plants
production of enriched uranium for nuclear weapons
wasRenamedAs Novouralsk NERFINISHED

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Sverdlovsk Oblast hasClosedCity Sverdlovsk-45 (Novouralsk)