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SCC launches uranium hexafluoride production

Source: Marchmontnews.com | May 13th, 2010
Industry type: Nuclear Industry

Siberian Chemical Company’s (SCC) sublimate plant, located in the closed administrative and territorial entity Seversk, has launched a new technological line to process raw uranium materials and produce raw uranium hexafluoride, mother company TVEL reports.

Investment in the project has yet to be disclosed.

The line construction started at the plant in 2006, the firm said.

Siberian Chemical Company is a part of nuclear fuel company TVEL, controlled by state corporation Rosatom.