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7KVD

7KVD, a research reactor (subcritical assembly) in Podolsk, Russia, operated by OKB Gidropress. Shut down, 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). 20 subcritical assemblies remain in operation today across 13 countries.

Country

Russia

City

Podolsk

Type

Subcritical assembly

Thermal power

critical

Operator

OKB Gidropress

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1979

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