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BOR-60

BOR-60, a research reactor (fast) in Dimitrovgrad, Russia, with 60 MW of thermal power, operated by JSC SSC Research Institute of Atomic Reactors. Operating, first critical in 1968.

By thermal power it ranks fifth among the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 22 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 isotope production, training, innovative research and materials testing.

Country

Russia

City

Dimitrovgrad

Type

Fast

Thermal power

60 MW

Operator

JSC SSC Research Institute of Atomic Reactors

Status

Operating

First criticality

1968

Purpose

Isotope production, training, innovative research, materials testing

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