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BARS-4

BARS-4, a research reactor (fast) in Moscow, Russia, with 10 kW of thermal power, operated by Research and Development Institute of Scientific Instruments. Temporary shutdown, first critical in 1980.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 34 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 15 fast research reactors operating worldwide, spread across 6 countries. It has been 46 years since its first criticality.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Fast

Thermal power

10 kW

Operator

Research and Development Institute of Scientific Instruments

Status

Temporary shutdown

First criticality

1980

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