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IR-8

IR-8, a research reactor (pool) in Moscow, Russia, with 8 MW of thermal power, operated by National Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute. Operating, first critical in 1981.

By thermal power it ranks ninth among the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 35 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and teaching.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Pool

Thermal power

8 MW

Operator

National Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute

Status

Operating

First criticality

1981

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis, materials testing

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