VK-50

VK-50 is a 200 MW thermal boiling-water prototype research reactor in Dimitrovgrad, Russia, operated by the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors. The IAEA Research Reactor Database lists it as operational, with first criticality on 15 December 1964.

Operator: Research Institute of Atomic Reactors
Type: Research reactor
Approach: BWR
Country: RU
Status: Operating

Design values

What the machine was built to do, as published. Not results, and never ranked.

Design values for VK-50
Parameter	Value	Unit	Status	Source
Thermal capacity (rated) medium confidence	200 MW	MW	claimed	IAEA Research Reactor Database (RRDB): public reactor list (JSON behind nucleus.iaea.org/rrdb) aggregator