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VVR-S Bucharest

VVR-S Bucharest, a research reactor (tank) in Bucharest, Romania, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics & N. Eng. Shut down, first critical in 1957.

It was one of the 5 research reactors Romania has had; 2 remain in operation today. It was the first research reactor in Romania to go critical. 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries.

Country

Romania

City

Bucharest

Type

Tank

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics & N. Eng

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1957

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