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Federal State-owned Unitary Enterprise overseen by the Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom);
Listed in the context of assistance to Iran’s missile program in a July 2005 early warning document distributed by the German government to industry;
Sanctioned by the U.S. Department of State on January 8, 1999 (with all subunits) for engaging in proliferation activities related to Iran’s nuclear and/or missile programs;
NIKIET experts also discussed with Iran prospects for creating a nuclear research center with a light-water reactor (placed under IAEA safeguards), as well as possible involvement in preparing a safety study for the Bushehr nuclear power plant;
Produces ultra-pure krypton and xenon, valuable for export;
Produces reactors for desalination plants; core competencies also include technologies for installation, maintenance and backfitting of nuclear reactors, thermonuclear devices, accelerators and other nuclear engineering facilities, technologies and equipment for precision welding and nondestructive testing of welding joints, methods, technologies and equipment for the electrophysical treatment of materials for anti-corrosion and thermal protection and decontamination of nuclear plant structures, as well as design technologies, manufacture, and installation of “clean rooms.”;
Also Known As:
Moscow Scientific Research and Design Institute of Power Technology (RDIPE)
Research and Development Institute of Power Engineering (NIKIET)
Power Engineering Research and Design Institute
Research and Design Institute for Power Engineering
Research and Design Institute of Installation Technology
HIKIMT Research and Production Association
RDIPE
ENTEK
Involved In:
Nuclear Weapon Program
Country:
Russia
Address:
– P.O. Box 778, Moscow 101000, Russia
– M. Krasnoselskaya ul., build. 2/8, 107140 Moscow, Russia
Phone:
(095) 263 7313/ 264 4610, 095-975-2020
Website:
www.nikiet.ru
E-Mail:
info@nikiet.ru
Reason for the color:
» Sanctioned by the U.S. Department of State on January 8, 1999 for engaging in proliferation activities related to Iran’s nuclear and/or missile programs;
» The U.S. Department of State Sanctions were removed on April 1, 2004;
» NIKIET experts also discussed with Iran prospects for creating a nuclear research center with a light-water reactor (placed under IAEA safeguards), as well as possible involvement in preparing a safety study for the Bushehr nuclear power plant;