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VRL-02

VRL-02, a research reactor (pool) in Moscow, Russia, with 100 kW of thermal power, operated by Research Institute of Scientific Instruments. Decommissioned, first critical in 1959.

It was one of the 123 research reactors Russia has had; 57 remain in operation today. It went critical 13 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

Russia

City

Moscow

Type

Pool

Thermal power

100 kW

Operator

Research Institute of Scientific Instruments

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1959

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