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IKAR-S

IKAR-S, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Sarov, Russia, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by All Russian Research Inst. of Exp. Physics VNIIEF. Operating, first critical in 2008.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 62 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 44 critical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 12 countries.

Country

Russia

City

Sarov

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

All Russian Research Inst. of Exp. Physics VNIIEF

Status

Operating

First criticality

2008

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