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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building start date
1946-11-15
building start year
1946-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
capacity factor
24.0
fuel type
41kg of 2% enriched uranium, 46411kg of natural uranium metal (UO2 and U33O8)
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