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BR-1M

BR-1M, a research reactor (fast) in Sarov, Russia, with 5 kW of thermal power, operated by All Russian Research Inst. of Exp. Physics VNIIEF. Operating, first critical in 1979.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 33 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 47 years since its first criticality.

Country

Russia

City

Sarov

Type

Fast

Thermal power

5 kW

Operator

All Russian Research Inst. of Exp. Physics VNIIEF

Status

Operating

First criticality

1979

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