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IVV-2M

IVV-2M, a research reactor (pool) in Zarechniy, Russia, with 15 MW of thermal power, operated by JSC "Institute of Reactor Materials". Operating, first critical in 1966.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 20 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, transmutation and training.

Country

Russia

City

Zarechniy

Type

Pool

Thermal power

15 MW

Operator

JSC "Institute of Reactor Materials"

Status

Operating

First criticality

1966

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, transmutation, training, materials testing

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