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ELEMASH Machine-Building Plant

Coordinates: 55°47′17.016″N 38°29′16.008″E / 55.78806000°N 38.48778000°E / 55.78806000; 38.48778000
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JSC Mashinostroitelny Zavod (ELEMASH)
Company typePublic Joint Stock Company
IndustryArms industry
Founded1917
Headquarters,
Russia
ParentTVEL (Rosatom group)

The JSC ELEMASH Machine-Building Plant (Russian: Машиностроительный завод Электросталь, Plant No. 12) is a company based in Elektrostal, Russia. It is part of TVEL (Rosatom group).[1]

Before and during World War II, the Elektrostal plant produced bombs and other munitions. After the war, it produced pure uranium for use in nuclear weapons and it also produced fuel elements for nuclear power plants.[2]

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  1. ^ "Фабрикация ядерного топлива". Tvel.ru. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Russian Defense Business Directory". Federation of American Scientists. US Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration. May 1995. Retrieved 21 July 2017. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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55°47′17.016″N 38°29′16.008″E / 55.78806000°N 38.48778000°E / 55.78806000; 38.48778000