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IR-50

IR-50, a research reactor (pool) in Moscow, Russia, with 50 kW of thermal power, operated by Jsc "Nikiet". Shut down, first critical in 1961.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 15 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries. Its declared uses include activation analysis.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Pool

Thermal power

50 kW

Operator

Jsc "Nikiet"

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Activation analysis

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