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Kvant

Kvant, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Moscow, Russia, with 1 kW of thermal power, operated by Russian Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute. Operating, first critical in 1990.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 44 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 44 critical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 12 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

1 kW

Operator

Russian Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute

Status

Operating

First criticality

1990

Purpose

Teaching, training

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