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SBR-2

SBR-2, a research reactor (fast) in Obninsk, Russia, with 150 kW of thermal power, operated by Institute of Physics & Power Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1957.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 11 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 15 fast research reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries.

Country

Russia

City

Obninsk

Type

Fast

Thermal power

150 kW

Operator

Institute of Physics & Power Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1957

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