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PIK Physical Model

PIK Physical Model, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Gatchina, Russia, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI). Operating, first critical in 1983.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 37 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

Gatchina

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)

Status

Operating

First criticality

1983

Purpose

Teaching, training

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