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RBT-6

RBT-6, a research reactor (pool) in Dimitrovgrad, Russia, with 6 MW of thermal power, operated by Research Institute of Atomic Reactors. Operating, first critical in 1975.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 29 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, transmutation, activation analysis and materials testing.

Country

Russia

City

Dimitrovgrad

Type

Pool

Thermal power

6 MW

Operator

Research Institute of Atomic Reactors

Status

Operating

First criticality

1975

Purpose

Isotope production, transmutation, activation analysis, materials testing

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