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IRT-MEPhI

IRT-MEPhI, a research reactor (pool) in Moscow, Russia, with 2.5 MW of thermal power, operated by Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI). Operating, first critical in 1967.

By thermal power it ranks 13th among the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 21 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 teaching, training, activation analysis and neutron capture therapy.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Pool

Thermal power

2.5 MW

Operator

Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI)

Status

Operating

First criticality

1967

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis, neutron capture therapy

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