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659

659, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Experimental Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau (OKBM). Operating, first critical in 1963.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 17 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 44 critical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 12 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

Russia

City

Nizhny Novgorod

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Experimental Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau (OKBM)

Status

Operating

First criticality

1963

Purpose

Teaching, training

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