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UG

UG, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Moscow, Russia, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Nuclear Research Center, Kurchatov Institute. Shut down, first critical in 1965.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 19 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 44 critical assemblies remain in operation today across 12 countries.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Nuclear Research Center, Kurchatov Institute

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1965

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