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VVER

VVER, a research reactor (subcritical assembly) in Moscow, Russia, operated by Moscow Engineering Physics Institute MEPhI. Temporary shutdown, first critical in 1974.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia, one of 6 zero-power assemblies among them. It went critical 28 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 20 subcritical assemblies operating worldwide, spread 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

Temporary shutdown

First criticality

1974

Purpose

Teaching

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