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VIR-2

VIR-2, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Sarov, Russia, with 25 kW of thermal power. Decommissioned, 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). 15 homogeneous reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries.

Country

Russia

City

Sarov

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

25 kW

Operator

—

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1965

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