The experience of emergency shutdown of the VVR-c reactor after 40 years of operation

Abstract

The VVR-c research nuclear reactor (15 MW) has been in operation since 1964 at the Obninsk Branch of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "NIFKhI im. L. Ya. Karpova" (L. Ya. Karpov Research Institute of Physics and Chemistry) (Fig. 1). The VVR-c is a heterogeneous, water-moderated tank reactor. The reactor was specially adapted for the performance of a broad range of studies in the field of radiation chemistry, structural and materials science research, activation analysis, neutron doping of semiconductors, etc. © 2006 Springer.