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IFR (IBR-1)

IFR (IBR-1), a research reactor (fast) in Moscow, Russia, with 6 kW of thermal power, operated by Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Decommissioned, first critical in 1960.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 14 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 15 fast research reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Fast

Thermal power

6 kW

Operator

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1960

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