Russia · St. Petersburg · 59.938, 30.309 (approximate location)

U-3

U-3, a research reactor (pool) in St. Petersburg, Russia, with 50 kW of thermal power, operated by Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute. Operating, first critical in 1964.

By thermal power it ranks 17th among the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 18 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. It has been 62 years since its first criticality.

Country

Russia

City

St. Petersburg

Type

Pool

Thermal power

50 kW

Operator

Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute

Status

Operating

First criticality

1964

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