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BFS-1

BFS-1, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Obninsk, Russia, with 200 W of thermal power, operated by Institute of Physics and Power Engineering. Operating, first critical in 1962.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 16 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 44 critical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 12 countries. It has been 64 years since its first criticality.

Country

Russia

City

Obninsk

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

200 W

Operator

Institute of Physics and Power Engineering

Status

Operating

First criticality

1962

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