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Luch Scientific Production Association
(
Russian
:
НИИ НПО ≪ЛУЧ≫
) or
NPO Luch
is a company based in
Podolsk
, Russia. It is part of
Rosatom
.
[1]
NPO "Luch" was founded as a research and production enterprise for
rare earth metals
for the nuclear industry and became an
NPO
in the late 1980s. It produces metals, alloys, and compounds of tungsten,
molybdenum
,
niobium
,
zirconium
,
tantalum
,
beryllium
,
chromium
,
rhenium
, and titanium for the nuclear, chemical, and electronic industries.
[2]
It was one of the main developers of the
Topaz-2
satellite nuclear power reactor and is developing thermionic fuel elements and other materials for the Topaz-3 nuclear power reactor. NPO "Luch" has also conducted extensive work on high-temperature cores for nuclear rocket propulsion, designed for space projects.
[2]
The Associated Expedition of NPO "Luch", the enterprise's field test facility, is located at
Semey
in Kazakhstan.
[2]
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