Official name Physics-1 Status Operational Owner Kurchatov Institute | Location Moscow Commission date 26 December 1946 Construction began 15 November 1946 | |
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Country Soviet Union, now Russian Federation Operator(s) Russian Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute | ||
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. It is still in operation, with a power level of 24 kW, making it the world's oldest operating reactor.
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