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FBR-L Fast Burst-Laser

FBR-L Fast Burst-Laser, a research reactor (fast) in Chelyabinsk, Russia, with 5 kW of thermal power, operated by Russian Federal Nuclear Centre VNIITF. Operating, first critical in 1981.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 35 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 45 years since its first criticality.

Country

Russia

City

Chelyabinsk

Type

Fast

Thermal power

5 kW

Operator

Russian Federal Nuclear Centre VNIITF

Status

Operating

First criticality

1981

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