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TOPAZ

TOPAZ, a research reactor (other) in Obninsk, Russia, with 150 kW of thermal power, operated by Institute of Physics and Power Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1966.

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

Country

Russia

City

Obninsk

Type

Other

Thermal power

150 kW

Operator

Institute of Physics and Power Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1966

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