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AM-1

AM-1, a research reactor (graphite) in Obninsk, Russia, with 10 MW of thermal power, operated by Institute for Physics and Power Engineering. Shut down, first critical in 1954.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 8 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 4 graphite-moderated research reactors remain in operation today across 3 countries.

Country

Russia

City

Obninsk

Type

Graphite

Thermal power

10 MW

Operator

Institute for Physics and Power Engineering

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1954

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