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VK-50

VK-50, a research reactor (other) in Dimitrovgrad, Russia, with 200 MW of thermal power, operated by JSC SSC Research Institute of Atomic Reactors. Operating, first critical in 1964.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Russia, of the 57 currently operating. It went critical 18 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). Its declared uses include training, activation analysis and materials testing. It has been 62 years since its first criticality.

Country

Russia

City

Dimitrovgrad

Type

Other

Thermal power

200 MW

Operator

JSC SSC Research Institute of Atomic Reactors

Status

Operating

First criticality

1964

Purpose

Training, activation analysis, materials testing

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