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RA

RA, a research reactor (tank) in Kurchatov, Kazakhstan, with 500 kW of thermal power, operated by Institute of Atomic Energy. Shut down, first critical in 1987.

It was one of the 5 research reactors Kazakhstan has had; 4 remain in operation today. It went critical 27 years after the first research reactor in Kazakhstan, IGR (1960). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries. Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements.

Country

Kazakhstan

City

Kurchatov

Type

Tank

Thermal power

500 kW

Operator

Institute of Atomic Energy

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1987

Purpose

Nuclear data

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