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49. Future Production. Annual Soviet U-235<br />
production could change significantly in the<br />
next few years. There is even a question as to<br />
the processes that may be used: available<br />
evidence can be construed as being consistent<br />
with substitution of gas centrifuge equipment<br />
in the older gaseous diffusion buildings. Because<br />
of the massive quantities of U-235 ac-<br />
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TABLE IV<br />
ESTIMATED<br />
SOVIET U-235 PRODUCTION<br />
(Metric TOTL$)'<br />
CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION b<br />
AVAILABLE FOR WEAPONS USE b <<br />
Year Minimum Mid-Range Maximum Minimum Mid-Range Maximum<br />
1966 .............. .<br />
1967 .............. .<br />
1968 .............. .<br />
1969 .............. .<br />
1970 .............. .<br />
1971 .............. .<br />
1972 .............. .<br />
1973 .............. .<br />
1974. ............. .<br />
1975.. . ........ .<br />
1976 .............. .<br />
140 210 300 120 185 265<br />
160 240 350 130 200 300<br />
180 270 400 145 225 345<br />
200 300 450 160 250 385<br />
220 330 500 165 265 .20<br />
240 360 550 170 280 .50<br />
260 390 600 175 290 480<br />
280 420 650 180 305 515<br />
300 450 700 185 320 545<br />
340 480 750 190 335 575<br />
340 510 800 195 350 610<br />
• In terms of uranium enriched to 93 percent of U-235 content.<br />
b The actual. Soviet U-235 production is more probably near, or in a region somewhere above,<br />
the mid-range values than at or near either extreme.<br />
< Cumulative production less 10 p('rc('nt for a production and reworking pipeline, and for the<br />
amount required for w('apons t
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