Seversk

Seversk is a closed metropolis in Tomsk Oblast, Russia, placed 15 kilometers northwest of Tomsk at the right financial institution of the Tom River. The Fifth Postal till 1954 and as Tomsk-7 until 1992. City reputation changed into granted to it in 1956. Seversk is the web site of the Siberian Chemical Combine, based in 1954. It incorporates numerous nuclear reactors and chemical flora for separation, enrichment, and reprocessing of uranium and plutonium.

Following an settlement in March 2003 among Russia and the US to shut down Russia's 3 closing plutonium-producing reactors, two of the three plutonium generating reactors the 2 that are sited at Seversk have now been close down. Nuclear warheads are produced and stored on the premises. One of the most critical nuclear accidents at SGCE passed off on April 6, 1993, when a tank containing a quite radioactive answer exploded Seversk turned into a secret metropolis in the Soviet Union until President Boris Yeltsin decreed in 1992 that such cities ought to use their historic names.

The metropolis regarded on no professional maps till then. As was the subculture with Soviet towns containing mystery facilities, the designation Tomsk-7 like its predecessor "Pyaty Pochtovy" is actually a postal code which means that the vicinity is positioned close to the city of Tomsk. For a few years, residents had restrictions to go into or depart the town. Upon leaving Seversk, residents had to give up their unique entry passes on the checkpoint and have been forbidden from discussing wherein they worked or lived. In 1987 a few restrictions were lifted due to the huge variety of residents who labored or studied in Tomsk.