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The Mining and Chemical Combine is a nuclear facility in Russia. It was established in 1950 to produce
The Mining and Chemical Combine is a nuclear facility in Russia. It was established in 1950 to produce plutonium
Plutonium is a chemical element; it has symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is a silvery-gray actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air, and forms a dull coating when oxidized. The element normally exhibits six allotropes and four ...
for weapons. It is in the closed city
A closed city or town is a settlement where travel or residency restrictions are applied.
Historically, the construction of closed cities became increasingly common after the beginning of the Cold War, particularly in the Soviet Union. Since t ...
Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai. The company is currently part of the Rosatom
State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (commonly referred to as Rosatom rus, Росатом, p=rosˈatəm}), also known as Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation, (), or Rosatom State Corporation, is a Russian State corporation (Russia), sta ...
group.
The site had three underground nuclear reactors using cooling water from the Yenisei river: AD (1958), ADE-1 (1961) and ADE-2 (1965). ADE-2 was shut down in 2010 in accord with the 1997 Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement ( Plutonium Production Reactor Agreement) with the United States. It also provided heat and electricity for the area, which was its main function after 1993.
The complex has an interim storage facility. There is also a 60 t/year commercial mixed oxide ( MOX) fuel fabrication facility (MFFF). It employs 7000 people.
The MOX production line completed a 10 kg batch in September 2014.
The city has a Mining and Chemical Combine museum.
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* * Rosatom Nuclear weapons programme of Russia Nuclear technology companies of Russia Nuclear technology in the Soviet Union Nuclear weapons program of the Soviet Union Federal State Unitary Enterprises of Russia Companies based in Krasnoyarsk Krai Mining companies of the Soviet Union 1950 establishments in the Soviet Union {{nuclear-stub