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Rosatom-Additive Technologies (RusAT) opened its first Additive Technologies Centre (ATC) at the site of the Moscow Polymetal Plant.
The center will be used to develop made-in-Russia manufacturing technologies. The center will also serve as an additive manufacturing flagship for Russian industry, proving that AM is an effective companion industry.
The ATC is operated by Rosatom’s AM devision, RusAT, which is a subsidiary of the state-run nuclear energy corporation. The state corporation operates a relatively closed system of nuclear power plant production that favors made-in-Russia strategic manufacturing. Its subsidiaries cover the gamut of nuclear energy processes. TVEL, for example, enriches uranium fuel; the company also operates as Rosatom’s intermediary holding corporation for RusAT. Another subsidiary, Atomenergomash, produces the VVER nuclear power plant. This Soviet-era pressurized water reactor design is used in former East-bloc countries and in Russia prope
24 December 2020
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Rusatom - Additive Technologies (RusAT) has opened its first Additive Technologies Centre (ATC) as the only such facility in Russia using domestic equipment. Located at the site of the Moscow Polymetal Plant, the ATC will mainly test additive manufacturing technologies and demonstrate their capabilities for industrial enterprises.
TVEL President Natalia Nikipelova and RusAT Director General Mikhail Turundaev at the official opening of the ATC (Image: TVEL)
RusAT plans to launch full production of additive manufacturing equipment by the end of 2021 and expects to have a turnover of RUB300 million (USD3 million) from this business by 2030, the company s director general, Mikhail Turundaev, said.