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IVG.1M

IVG.1M, a research reactor (other) in Kurchatov, Kazakhstan, with 35 MW of thermal power, operated by Institute of Atomic Energy (IAE) NNC RK. Operating, first critical in 1972.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Kazakhstan, of the 4 currently operating. It went critical 12 years after the first research reactor in Kazakhstan, IGR (1960). Its declared uses include neutron scattering and materials testing. It has been 54 years since its first criticality.

Country

Kazakhstan

City

Kurchatov

Type

Other

Thermal power

35 MW

Operator

Institute of Atomic Energy (IAE) NNC RK

Status

Operating

First criticality

1972

Purpose

Neutron scattering, materials testing

See also: every research reactor in Kazakhstan · How research reactors work