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RBT-10/2

RBT-10/2, a research reactor (pool) in Dimitrovgrad, Russia, with 7 MW of thermal power, operated by Research Institute of Atomic Reactors. Operating, first critical in 1983.

By thermal power it ranks tenth among 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 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, silicon doping, transmutation and training.

Country

Russia

City

Dimitrovgrad

Type

Pool

Thermal power

7 MW

Operator

Research Institute of Atomic Reactors

Status

Operating

First criticality

1983

Purpose

Isotope production, silicon doping, transmutation, training, neutron capture therapy, materials testing

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