ANUSHAKTI
:
Atomic
Energy In India
- Nuclear
Fuels & Structural Components
The
Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) was established in
Hyderabad in the early 70s.
Making nuclear fuel
assemblies and core structural components for
the entire nuclear power programme of the
country.
The activities at NFC
includes
- Processing
of uranium ore concentrate and zircon sand
brought from Bihar and Kerala, through a
series of indigenously developed chemical
and metallurgical operations.
- Making
seamless tubes of stainless steel, carbon
steel, titanium and other special alloys
of Nickel, Magnesium etc. by hot extrusion
and cold pilgering process.
- Hot
extruded tubes of diameter 180 mm, and
cold pilgered thin wall tubes of diameter
4.5 mm are regularly made.
- NFC
offers its expertise to Indian Navy,
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and other
Defence Organizations well as chemical,
fertilizer and mechanical ball bearing
manufacturing industries and many other
chemical equipment manufacturers.
- The
other products NFC fabricates include
tantalum, niobium, silver and various high
-purity materials as per the
specifications of customers.
- Apart
from supplying products to Indian market,
the NFC has also ventured recently into
export of some of its products like
zirconium bars and anhydrous magnesium
chloride.
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