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WWR-K CF

WWR-K CF, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Institute of Nuclear Physics. Operating, first critical in 1972.

By thermal power it ranks third among the 4 research reactors operating in Kazakhstan. It went critical 12 years after the first research reactor in Kazakhstan, IGR (1960). It is one of 44 critical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 12 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

Kazakhstan

City

Almaty

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Institute of Nuclear Physics

Status

Operating

First criticality

1972

Purpose

Teaching, training

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