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IRT-T

IRT-T, a research reactor (pool) in Tomsk, Russia, with 6 MW of thermal power, operated by Tomsk Polytechnic University. Operating, first critical in 1967.

It is one of 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 isotope production, neutron radiography, silicon doping and transmutation.

Country

Russia

City

Tomsk

Type

Pool

Thermal power

6 MW

Operator

Tomsk Polytechnic University

Status

Operating

First criticality

1967

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron radiography, silicon doping, transmutation, gemstone irradiation, teaching, training, activation analysis, neutron capture therapy

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