Nuclear Fuel Complex to produce Niobhat - high temperature alloy

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Category: Nuclear Fuel

Nuclear Fuel Complex has signed up an MoU with Vikram Sarabhai Centre, Thiruvananthapuram for manufacture of Niobium. The key material when combined with Hafnium it will produce an alloy which can withstand high temperature and is widely applied in space vehicle nozzles, nuclear reactor coolant channels. The project is funded by ISRO to the tune of Rs.300 million. NFC also has the technology to produce zirconium. It has tied up with C-Met and Midhani to produce Niobhat, the final alloy at Hyderabad NFC.

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