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SM-3

SM-3, a research reactor (other) in Dimitrovgrad, Russia, with 100 MW of thermal power, operated by JSC SSC Research Institute of Atomic Reactors. Operating, first critical in 1961.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 15 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). Its declared uses include isotope production, transmutation, training and activation analysis. It has been 65 years since its first criticality.

Country

Russia

City

Dimitrovgrad

Type

Other

Thermal power

100 MW

Operator

JSC SSC Research Institute of Atomic Reactors

Status

Operating

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Isotope production, transmutation, training, activation analysis, innovative research, materials testing

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