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OR-M

OR-M, a research reactor (tank) in Moscow, Russia, with 300 kW of thermal power, operated by Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy. Operating, first critical in 1988.

By thermal power it ranks 16th among the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 42 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training and materials testing.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Tank

Thermal power

300 kW

Operator

Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy

Status

Operating

First criticality

1988

Purpose

Teaching, training, materials testing

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