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659-L

659-L, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, operated by Experimental Design Bureau of Machine Building (OKBM). Decommissioned, first critical in 1979.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 33 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 44 critical assemblies remain in operation today across 12 countries.

Country

Russia

City

Nizhny Novgorod

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Experimental Design Bureau of Machine Building (OKBM)

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1979

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