UK-Russia Closed Nuclear Cities Partnership
United Kingdom - Russia
Closed Nuclear Cities Partnership

Technical Audit for Zheleznogorsk

Title

Technical Audit for Zheleznogorsk.

Objectives

  • Identify technologies which various organisations within the Closed Nuclear City of Zheleznogorsk have developed which might have commercial potential.
  • Evaluate the present level of development of the technologies and assess their commercial prospects.
  • Gain a better overall understanding of the capacities and capabilities of the technical organizations, as well as city and oblast administrations.

Summary

While CNCP has already cooperated with partners from Zheleznogorsk in a number of activities, including study tours and training initiatives, no grant aid projects were developed during fiscal year 2003/2004. A team from CNCP, including Vladimir Sterekhov (representative from the Federal Agency for Atomic Energy (FAAE)) visited Krasnoyarsk from April 14-16, 2004 for meetings with representatives from the nuclear facility Mining Chemical Kombinat (MCC), the municipality and state and private sector enterprises with the aim of identifying potential grant aid projects and better understanding local capabilities and needs.

On the first day, CNCP team members heard reports on the situation in the Closed Nuclear City and on measures already underway to promote economic conversion and restructuring. On April 15-16, representatives of teams from Zheleznogorsk and Krasnoyarsk region's businesses and public sector institutions made presentations on some 20 possible grant aid projects including: Production of ventilated wall facades; modular heat transfer units; antenna feeder systems; polythene pipe production and radiation strengthening; insulating materials production.

Cost

The DTI funded the audit for a total cost of £1, 265.

Duration

April 14 - 16, 2004.

Beneficiary

  • The Research and Production Association of Applied Mechanics (NPO PM), Zheleznogorsk
  • Mining Chemical Kombinat (MCC), Zheleznogorsk
  • Zheleznogorsk City Administration
  • Federal Agency for Atomic Energy (FAAE)

Project Consultant

Mark Allington, AEA Technology

Project Director

Greg Kaser, HTSPE Ltd.

Project Manager

Patrick Gray, HTSPE Ltd.
Alexander Tsibulya, HTSPE Ltd.
Sergey Usoltsev, International Development Centre, Zheleznogorsk

Partners\Subcontractors

None