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FKBN-2

FKBN-2, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Snezhinsk, Russia, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Russian Federal Nuclear Center VNIITF. Operating, first critical in 2000.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 54 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 44 critical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 12 countries. It has been 26 years since its first criticality.

Country

Russia

City

Snezhinsk

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Russian Federal Nuclear Center VNIITF

Status

Operating

First criticality

2000

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