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BARS-6

BARS-6, a research reactor (fast) in Obninsk, Russia, with 10 kW of thermal power, operated by Institute of Physics and Power Engineering. Operating, first critical in 1994.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 48 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 32 years since its first criticality.

Country

Russia

City

Obninsk

Type

Fast

Thermal power

10 kW

Operator

Institute of Physics and Power Engineering

Status

Operating

First criticality

1994

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