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Gidra (Hydra)

Gidra (Hydra), a research reactor (homogeneous) in Moscow, Russia, with 10 kW of thermal power, operated by Russian Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute. Operating, first critical in 1971.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 25 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 15 homogeneous reactors operating worldwide, spread across 6 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, teaching, training and activation analysis.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

10 kW

Operator

Russian Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute

Status

Operating

First criticality

1971

Purpose

Isotope production, teaching, training, activation analysis, materials testing

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