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VIR-2M

VIR-2M, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Sarov, Russia, with 25 kW of thermal power, operated by All Russian Research Inst. of Exp. Physics VNIIEF. Operating, first critical in 1980.

By thermal power it ranks 19th among the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 34 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 15 homogeneous reactors operating worldwide, spread across 6 countries. It has been 46 years since its first criticality.

Country

Russia

City

Sarov

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

25 kW

Operator

All Russian Research Inst. of Exp. Physics VNIIEF

Status

Operating

First criticality

1980

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