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Arbus (AST-1)

Arbus (AST-1), a research reactor (tank) in Dimitrovgrad, Russia, with 12 MW of thermal power, operated by FSUE SSC RF Research Institute of Atomic Reactors. Decommissioned, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 17 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries.

Country

Russia

City

Dimitrovgrad

Type

Tank

Thermal power

12 MW

Operator

FSUE SSC RF Research Institute of Atomic Reactors

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1963

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