Russia: Research Reactor Table


Location
Operator
Unit
Type/s
Fuel
Power
Operational
Dimitrovgrad-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Scientific Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (SRIAR)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
MIR-M1
channel
90% HEU
100MW
Yes
SM-3, formerly SM-2
tank, thermal/fast neutron
90% HEU
100MW
Yes
RBT-10/1
pool
50 -85% HEU
10MW
No
RBT-10/2
pool
50 -85% enriched U
10MW
Yes
RBT-6
pool
63% HEU
6MW
Yes
Prima
pool
---
100MW
As of 7/98, still in design phase
BOR-60
liquid sodium-cooled fast reactor
MOX containing 45-90% HEU 
60MWt, 10MWe
Yes
VK-50
tank, boiling water
1.5-2% enriched U

170MW

Yes
ARBUS,  formerly AST-1
organic coolant
---
5.5MW
No
Dubna

 

Joint Institute of Nuclear Research (JINR)

 

IBR-30
pulsed/ fast neutron
90% HEU, Pu
25kWe
No; used as linear accelerator
IBR-2
fast pulsed
90% HEU, PuO2
2MWt
Yes
Gatchina St. Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics

 

VVR-M
tank
90% HEU
18MW
Yes
PIT
tank, high flux
90% HEU
100MW
As of 2000, still under construction
Lytkarino

 

 

 

 
Scientific Research Institute for Instruments

 

 

 

 
TIBR-1M
pulsed
90% HEU
---
No
BARS-2
pulsed
90% HEU
---
No
BARS-3M
pulsed
90% HEU
---
No
BARS-4
pulsed
90% HEU
---
No
IRV
pulsed
---
2MW
No
Moscow Institute of Bio-Medical Studies (IBMP)
SVV-1
pool
---
500kWe
Under construction as of 7/92
Moscow Scientific Research and Design Institute of Power Engineering (NIKIET)
IR-50
pool 10% enriched U (UO2 +Al) 
50kW 
No; shut down in 1993
Moscow Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEF)
TVR, also given as TR
heavy water, channel 80% HEU
2.5MWe
No
Moscow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kurchatov Institute (Russian Research Center)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VVR-2
tank 2% UO2-Al;
36% U-Al
3
MWt
Shut down in 1983
IR-8
pool 90% HEU
8MWt
Shut down in 1992, restarted 4/18/96
MR
channel 90% HEU
40MW
Shut down in 1993 
IIN-3M Gidra
homogeneous, pulsed 90% HEU
10MW
Yes
Argus
homogeneous 90% HEU 50kWt Yes
F-1
tank, graphite-moderated natural U;
2% enriched U
24kWt
Yes
OR
pool 36% enriched U
300kWt
Yes
Gamma
tank 36-90% enriched U
125kWt
Yes
Moscow Moscow Engineering And Physics Institute (MIFI)
IRT-MIFI
pool 90% HEU
2.5MWe
Yes
Norilsk Norilsk Mining and Metallurgical Combine (NGMK)
RG-1M
pool 90% HEU
100kW
No
Obninsk

 

 
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE)

 

AM-1
graphite water 4.4% and 10% enriched U 30MWt , 5MWe Yes
liquid-sodium cooled fast reactor  90%  HEU 

 

8MWt Yes
BR-1
fast neutron 90% HEU 50MWt Operational
Obninsk Karpov Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Obninsk Branch
VVR-Ts
tank 36% HEU
10MW
 Yes
Podolsk Luch Scientific Production Association
11B91-IR
prototype 100MW
---
Sarov 
(Arzamas-16)

 

All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF)
BIGR
Uranium-graphite impulse, air cooled

Up to 7kg of 90% HEU

2,500MJ per impulse

Yes

VIR-2M

Soluble moderator

Up to 7kg of 90% HEU

81MJ per impulse

Yes

BIR-2M

Uranium-metal impulse

Up to 90kg of 90% HEU 

5MJ per impulse  

Yes

BR-1

Uranium-metal impulse

Up to 350kg of 85% HEU 

50MJ per impulse 

Yes

GIR

Fast reactor with hybrid core

   

Yes

VIR-1
---
---
---
No; shut down in 1966
VIR-2

Soluble moderator

---
---
No; shut down in 1978
Snezhinsk (Chelyabinsk-70)

 

All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics (VNIITF)

 

BARS-5
Metal pulse reactor 250kg of 90% HEU  10
kW
Unclear. IAEA lists it as  decommissioned; other sources do not confirm this.

IGRIK

Liquid pulsed homogeneous 7kg of  90% HEU
30kW
Yes

YaGUAR

Liquid pulsed homogeneous 15.64kg of 17- 90 % HEU
10kW
Yes

FBR-L

Fast burst laser 76kg of 90% HEU 5kW Yes
St. Petersburg Krylov Central Scientific Research Institute (TsNII)
U-3
pool  90% HEU
500kW
No; shut down in 1992
Tomsk Scientific Research Institute of Nuclear Physics
IRT-T
tank 90% HEU
6MWt
Yes
Zarechnyy

 

Scientific Research and Design Institute of Power Engineering (NIKIET), Sverdlovsk Branch 

 

IVV-2M
pool 90% HEU
15MW
Yes
Sfinks
---
90% HEU
200MWe
As of 7/92, still in design phase
NA = not applicable --- = information not available

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