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BIGR

BIGR, a research reactor (fast) in Sarov, Russia, with 500 kW of thermal power, operated by All Russian Research Inst. of Exp. Physics VNIIEF. Operating, first critical in 1977.

By thermal power it ranks 15th among the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 31 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. Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

Russia

City

Sarov

Type

Fast

Thermal power

500 kW

Operator

All Russian Research Inst. of Exp. Physics VNIIEF

Status

Operating

First criticality

1977

Purpose

Materials testing

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