Research Institute of Atomic Reactors

The Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (Russian: Научно-исследовательский институт атомных реакторов) is an institute for nuclear reactor research in Dimitrovgrad in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. The institute houses eight nuclear research reactors: SM, Arbus (ACT-1), MIR.M1, RBT-6, RBT-10 / 1, RBT-10 / 2, BOR-60 and VK-50.

Research Institute of Atomic Reactors
Formation1956 (1956)[1]
HeadquartersDimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia
Membership
Rosatom[2]
Official languages
Russian and English
Director
Tuzov Alexander Alexandrovich
Websitewww.niiar.ru

A senior president of General Atomics said in May 2015 that the world's best reactor for "developing new materials that will be able to endure the much higher temperatures, and endure the more energetic and neutron rich radiation environment inside the reactor", is the BOR-60.[3] BOR-60 had its operating license extended to 2020.[4]

Chemical treatment of processed nuclear fuel at the institute.

Airborne ruthenium-106 traces measured in September and October 2017 by several European countries have been thought to originate from the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors.[5]

References
  1. http://www.niiar.ru/node/570
  2. https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/russian-nuclear-research-reactor-to-become-international-rd-hub-under-iaea-label
  3. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/SY/SY20/20150513/103447/HHRG-114-SY20-Wstate-ParmentolaJ-20150513.pdf
  4. Izhutov, Alexey l.; Krasheninnikov, Yuri M.; Zhemkov, Igor Y.; Varivtsev, Artem V.; Naboishchikov, Yuri V.; Neustroev, Victor S.; Shamardin, Valentin K. (2015-04-01). "Prolongation of the BOR-60 reactor operation". Nuclear Engineering and Technology. 47 (3): 253–259. doi:10.1016/j.net.2015.03.002.
  5. Henrik Winther (10 November 2017). "DTU-forsker om radioaktiv sky over Europa: Vi observerede ruthenium 106 i begyndelsen af oktober". Ingeniøren (in Danish).
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