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BR-10

BR-10, a research reactor (other) in Obninsk, Russia, with 8 MW of thermal power, operated by Institute of Physics & Power Engineering. Shut down, first critical in 1958.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 12 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946).

Country

Russia

City

Obninsk

Type

Other

Thermal power

8 MW

Operator

Institute of Physics & Power Engineering

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1958

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