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IBR-2M

IBR-2M, a research reactor (fast) in Dubna, Russia, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Operating, first critical in 1978.

By thermal power it ranks 14th among the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 32 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. Its declared uses include neutron scattering, neutron radiography, activation analysis and materials testing.

Country

Russia

City

Dubna

Type

Fast

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Status

Operating

First criticality

1978

Purpose

Neutron scattering, neutron radiography, activation analysis, materials testing

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