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Gamma

Gamma, a research reactor (tank) in Moscow, Russia, with 150 kW of thermal power, operated by National Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute. Shut down, first critical in 1981.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 35 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Tank

Thermal power

150 kW

Operator

National Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1981

Purpose

Teaching, training

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