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SO-2M

SO-2M, a research reactor (subcritical assembly) in Moscow, Russia, operated by Russian Research Inst. of Chemical Tech. VNIIHT. Shut down, first critical in 1975.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 29 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 20 subcritical assemblies remain in operation today across 13 countries.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Subcritical assembly

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Russian Research Inst. of Chemical Tech. VNIIHT

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1975

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