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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. 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.
The scientific production association (Russian: Научно-производственное объединение, romanized: Nauchno-proizvodstvennoye obyedineniye, NPO) is a form of scientific research-to-production enterprise in the Soviet Union and its successor states, including Russia and other union republics.
The first case of proliferation significant nuclear traf-ficking in the former Soviet Union involved the theft of approximately 1.5 kilograms (kg) of HEU (90 percent U-235) from the Luch Scientific Production Association in Podolsk. The material was stolen over a five month pe-riod in 1992 by an employee of the facility.
The first confirmed case involving the diversion of fissile material from nuclear facilities in the former Soviet Union occurred at the Luch Scientific Production Association in Podolsk,...
Luch Scientific Production Association (Russian: НИИ НПО «ЛУЧ») or NPO Luch is a company based in Podolsk, Russia. It is part of Rosatom. 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.
Jul 4, 2022 · LUCH Scientific Production Association (part of Science and Innovations JSC, R&D Unit of Rosatom State Corporation) signed an agreement to supply thermocouples for four power units of the Kudankulam NPP in India.
The first significant case involved the diversion of 1.5 kilograms (kg) of 90-percent-enriched HEU in 1992 from the Luch Scientific Production Association, a Russian nuclear research facility located outside Moscow in the town of Podolsk.
