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IRT-2000

IRT-2000, a research reactor (tank) in Moscow, Russia, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy. Decommissioned, first critical in 1957.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 11 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and nuclear data measurements.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Tank

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1957

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, nuclear data

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