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27/VT

27/VT, a research reactor (fast) in Obninsk, Russia, with 70 MW of thermal power, operated by Institute of Physics and Power Engineering. Shut down, first critical in 1959.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 13 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 15 fast research reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries.

Country

Russia

City

Obninsk

Type

Fast

Thermal power

70 MW

Operator

Institute of Physics and Power Engineering

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1959

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