Siberian chemical plant launches new products for rocket and space industry

Siberian chemical plant (part of Rosatom’s TVEL) has launched another, forth batch of lithium tetrafluoroborate for one of Russian rocket and space industry companies.

Lithium tetrafluoroborate is electrolytes component in chemical sources of electric energy. It’s a non-nuclear product of Siberian chemical plant with all necessary quality characteristics. In 90s SCP possessed unique technology of its preparation. In the beginning of 2000s trial installation was put on standby and the topic was closed due to absence of demand.

According to Andrey Medyanik, head of special designing engineering department of the plant, in 2014 the plant was contacted by energy sources producers for ROSCOSMOS - Federal Space agency of the Russian Federation. Foreign companies didn’t manage to deliver the required quality. Hence the national importance, SCP specialists restored pilot production unit, additional equipment has been purchased. The work was supervised by SCP development director Andrey Galata.

At the moment lithium tetrafluoroborate is supplied to the customer as starting crude for the electrolyte production under contract of 2014. As part of import substitution program ready-made electrolyte production based on lithium tetrafluoroborate and raw material production for this saline on the premises of SCP is also under consideration.

Reference:

JSC Siberian Chemical Plant (the city of Seversk) unites five nuclear materials and CHP plants. One of the main aspects of SCP is meeting the requirements of nuclear power stations in uranium for nuclear fuel, thermal and electric energy generation. SCP is a part of TVEL fuel company of Rosatom public corporation.  

Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL is a part of vertically integrated Russian nuclear industry. TVEL unites industrial and science assets in the field of nuclear fuel production, of separating and sublimation complex, as well as gas centrifuges and related equipment production. TVEL fuel company seeks to acquire optimal structure of nuclear fuel cycle enterprises management, better efficiency and competitiveness on the global market.  

• 
• June
•