F-1 (nuclear reactor)

F-1

Control panel of the reactor
Location of F-1
Official name Physics-1
Country Soviet Union, now Russian Federation
Location Moscow
Coordinates 55°47′46″N 37°28′43″E / 55.79611°N 37.47861°E / 55.79611; 37.47861Coordinates: 55°47′46″N 37°28′43″E / 55.79611°N 37.47861°E / 55.79611; 37.47861
Status Operational
Construction began 15 November 1946
Commission date 26 December 1946
Owner(s) Russian Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute
Operator(s) Russian Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute
Nuclear power station
Reactor type Graphite Pile
Reactor supplier Russia
Thermal power station
Primary fuel 46411kg of natural uranium metal (UO2 and U33O8)
Tertiary fuel 41kg of 2% enriched uranium
Power generation
Capacity factor 24 kWt

The F-1 is a research reactor operated by the Kurchatov Institute in Moscow, Russia. When started on December 25, 1946, it became the first nuclear reactor in Europe to achieve a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.[1] It is still in operation, with a power level of 24 kW, making it the world's oldest operating reactor.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The World's Oldest Operating Reactor: The Russian F-1". The Nuclear Weapon Archive. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  2. ↑ Vakhroucheva, Elizaveta. "Division of System Analysis Elektronika Information and Computer Complex Engineering and Production Division". Kurchatov Institute. NTI. Retrieved 25 December 2010.


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