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WWR-TS

WWR-TS, a research reactor (tank) in Obninsk, Russia, with 15 MW of thermal power, operated by Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry. Operating, first critical in 1964.

It is one of the 57 research reactors operating in Russia. It went critical 18 years after the first research reactor in Russia, F-1 (1946). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, silicon doping, transmutation and teaching.

Country

Russia

City

Obninsk

Type

Tank

Thermal power

15 MW

Operator

Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry

Status

Operating

First criticality

1964

Purpose

Isotope production, silicon doping, transmutation, teaching, training

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