The output of the new facility will be up to 300 kg of beryllium per annum.
By today, the specialists of LUCH have developed the technology and the process flow diagram for receiving beryllium-containing materials and have built the waste water treatment plant allowing for the content of beryllium in the treated discharges to be below the established maximum allowable concentration.
Beryllium belongs to rare elements, it is used in X-ray engineering, nuclear reactors, laser and airspace engineering, acoustic systems and other industrial items. There is a special need for beryllium alloys in the domestic market. Beryllium-containing materials also are required for operating the pilot molten salt reactor currently being developed in Russia within the project of closed-loop production of nuclear fuel.
“Achieving the strategically important goal of creating the domestic beryllium production is impossible without developing the integrated technology for receiving beryllium-containing materials. The important element in this work is analytical support of this technology including provision of a complete set of analytical equipment at the pilot production site”, Rosatom is citing Pavel Karbolin, the General Director of LUCH.
