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Efir-2M

Efir-2M, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Moscow, Russia, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Nuclear Research Center, Kurchatov Institute. Operating, first critical in 1973.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 27 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 44 critical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 12 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Nuclear Research Center, Kurchatov Institute

Status

Operating

First criticality

1973

Purpose

Teaching, training

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