Russia: All-Russian Scientific Research
Institute of Chemical Technology (VNIIKHT) Всероссийский
научно-исследовательский институт химической технологии (ВНИИХТ)
LOCATION: Moscow
Address: 33 Kashirskoye shosse, Moscow
115230
Telephone: (095) 324-87-59
[Russian Defense Business Directory
(Washington, DC: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration,
1995), p. 60.] {Entered 10/12/99 MLB}
HOMEPAGE: http://www.vniiht.ru SUBORDINATION: Federal Atomic Energy Agency STRUCTURE: The Institute has a chemical and metallurgical plant, a design bureau, an experimental/mechanical
division, and various shops and test facilities.[1] The
Institute's testing equipment and facilities include an experimental chemical
technology plant, autoclave and radiochemical facilities, a pilot facility for ore processing and enrichment,
facilities for the synthesis of sorbents and membranes, a neutron breeder, facilities for the production of highly pure substances, gas centrifuges, and
an assembly for the production of fluoride and fluorinated metals.[1,2]
Sources: [1] Nuclear Business Directory, (Moscow: IBR
Corporation, 2000, p. 81.) [2] V.Shatalov, "VNII khimicheskoy
tekhnologii - 50 let. Legendarnaya 'Desyatka, '"Atompressa
online edition, http://www.minatom.ru/presscenter/atompress.html,
No. 12, 29 March 2001.
{Updated 8/20/2001 ES} ACTIVITIES: VNIIKhT was established in 1951. The main focus of the
Institute was the creation of mining, processing,
purification, and enrichment technologies for uranium, thorium, lithium, beryllium,
and other materials and isotopes for nuclear weapons and nuclear power
generation. In
addition to continuing research in metallurgical processing, VNIIKhT is involved in
research and development in chemistry and fluorination, production of ceramic
powder for nuclear fuel, and separation and purification of various compounds.[3] The
Institute operated the first lithium
refinery in the former Soviet Union, and provides isotope separation services
to the nuclear industry.[1] The Institute participated in the creation of a
state system of control and accounting for radioactive substances and nuclear
waste in Russia. From 1998 to 2000, VNIIKhT took part in the design and construction of
liquid radioactive waste management plants at the Zvezdochka
and Zvezda naval facilities.[3]
Since the 1990s, the facility
has turned to defense conversion activities to boost profits and minimize
the effects of a reduction in state orders. The facility uses advanced
uranium and fluoride processing technologies in the production of other
pure metals, high-intensity magnets, and fluoride fibers for fiber-optics
communication and scintillators. Several other conversion projects at the
institute are related to environmental protection. These include purification of
wastewater, development of closed water-recycling systems, and processing of ash
from coal-burning thermal power plants with an environmentally-safe
technology.[2]
Sources: [1] The Center for Defense Information's Russian
Defense Business Directory , 1994. [2] Aleksandr Kuznetsov, "Waste Turned
Profit," RIA Novosti online edition, http://www.russia.net/ria/science/1996/si27123.htm,
no. 23, January 1997. {added 8/13/97 LK} [3] V.Shatalov, "VNII khimicheskoy
tekhnologii - 50 let. Legendarnaya 'Desyatka,'" Atompressa
online edition, http://www.minatom.ru/presscenter/atompress.html,
No. 12, 29 March 200.
{Updated 8/20/2001 ES}
SUBCRITICAL ASSEMBLIES:1
NAME:SO-2M
[List of Research Reactors, Critical
and Subcritical Assemblies Supervised by Gosatomnadzor, 13 July 1992.]
