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UV-2

UV-2, a research reactor (subcritical assembly) in Moscow, Russia, operated by Moscow Engineering Physics Institute MEPhI. Decommissioned, first critical in 1972.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 26 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 20 subcritical assemblies remain in operation today across 13 countries. Its declared uses include teaching.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Subcritical assembly

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Moscow Engineering Physics Institute MEPhI

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1972

Purpose

Teaching

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