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Kazakhstan: Research Reactors Table

Kazakhstan | Tables Index | Research Reactors Table

Location
Operator
Reactor
Unit
Type
Fuel 
% U-235
Power
Operational
Alatau Institute of Nuclear Physics
VVR-K
1
water-cooled, water-moderated;

pool

36% 10 MWe Yes
IGR Complex, Semipalatinsk Test Site Institute of Atomic Energy
IGR
1
pulsed, graphite-moderated;

tank 

90% 

 

10-50 MWe Yes 
Baykal-1
Complex, Semipalatinsk Test Site

 

Institute of Atomic Energy

 

IVG-1M
1
water-cooled, 
water-moderated;

tank

90% 35-60 MWe Yes
RA
1
high temperature gas-cooled;

zirconium hydride-moderated

90% 0.4 MWt No

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