nuclear industry founded 1971 headquarters hyderabad india key people g kalyankrishnan chief executive number of employees 3600 website www.nfc.gov.in the nuclear fuel complex nfc was established in 1971 as a major industrial unit of india s department of atomic energy for the supply of nuclear fuel bundles and reactor core components . it is a unique facility where natural and enriched uranium fuel zirconium alloy cladding and reactor core components are manufactured under one roof . natural uranium mined at jaduguda uranium mine in the singhbhum area of jharkhand state is converted into nuclear fuel assemblies . a 220 mw phwr fuel bundle contains 15.2 kg of natural uranium dioxide uo2 . uranium dioxide pellets which generate heat while undergoing fission also generate fission products . 1 the fission products which are radioactive should be contained and not allowed to mix with coolant water . hence the uo2 pellets are contained in zirconium alloy tubes with both ends hermetically sealed . nuclear fuel complex supplies zircaloy clad uranium oxide fuel assemblies and zirconium alloy structural components for all 14 operating atomic power reactors in india . 2 the hyderabad plant has a capacity to produce 250 tons of uo2 per year and is expected to expanded to a 600 tons per year capacity . 2 nfc products are supplied to the department of atomic energy the indian navy hindustan aeronautics limited and other defence organisations as well as chemical fertiliser and ball bearing industries . 2 nfc is planning to establish two major fuel fabrication facilities to meet the expected jump in nuclear power production . 3 references edit nuclear fuel complex develops four alloys for strategic use . the hindu businessline . 22 june 2013 . a b c nuclear fuel complex nfc . nti . nuclear fuel complex to step up production plans 2 new facilities . the hindu businessline . 13 may 2013 . v t e nuclear power in india uranium resources jaduguda uranium mine tummalapalle uranium mine operational plants kaiga kakrapar koodankulam madras kalpakkam narora rajasthan kota tarapur research and testing atomic minerals directorate for exploration and research nuclear fuel complex bhabha atomic research centre barc cirus reactor dhruva reactor heavy water board raja ramanna centre for advanced technology indira gandhi centre for atomic research igcar institute for plasma research ipr pokhran pokhran ii smiling buddha variable energy cyclotron centre vecc organisations atomic energy commission of india atomic energy regulatory board aerb bharatiya nabhikiya vidyut nigam ltd. bhavini board of radiation and isotope technology brit department of atomic energy homi bhabha national institute nuclear power corporation of india ltd. npcil indian rare earths limited uranium corporation of india people s movement against nuclear energy other topics energy policy of india india s three stage nuclear power programme jaitapur nuclear power project u.s. india civil nuclear cooperation initiative electricity sector solar power wind power retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nuclear fuel complex & oldid 724329599 categories government agencies for energy india nuclear fuel companiesnuclear technology in indiaindustries in hyderabad indiaenergy companies established in 1971non renewable resource companies established in 19711971 establishments in indiahidden categories use indian english from february 2016all wikipedia articles written in indian englishtelangana articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 8 june 2016 at 14 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view