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P

P, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Moscow, Russia, with 200 W of thermal power, operated by Russian Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute. Operating, first critical in 1987.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 41 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, training, activation analysis and materials testing.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

200 W

Operator

Russian Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute

Status

Operating

First criticality

1987

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis, materials testing

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