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RG-1M

RG-1M, a research reactor (pool) in Norilsk, Russia, with 100 kW of thermal power, operated by Russian JSC "Norilsk Nickel". Decommissioned, first critical in 1970.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 24 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

Russia

City

Norilsk

Type

Pool

Thermal power

100 kW

Operator

Russian JSC "Norilsk Nickel"

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1970

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