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IRT-2000 Research Reactor, Sofia

Исследовательский реактор ИРТ-2000 в Софии
BulgariaСофия1956–1961Industrial sites
Bulgaria's first nuclear reactor, at the Nuclear Scientific Experimental Base of the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy in Sofia. According to the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, the experimental nuclear reactor was built in 1961 with Soviet help; it is a pool-type reactor of the Soviet IRT-2000 model, construction of which began in 1956. The reactor was shut down in 1989; in 2001 the Bulgarian government decided to rebuild it as a low-power facility.
Первый ядерный реактор Болгарии на Ядерной научно-экспериментальной базе Института ядерных исследований и ядерной энергетики в Софии. По сведениям Большой советской энциклопедии, экспериментальный ядерный реактор построен в 1961 году с помощью СССР; это реактор бассейнового типа советской модели ИРТ-2000, строительство которого началось в 1956 году. Реактор остановлен в 1989 году; в 2001 году правительство Болгарии приняло решение о его реконструкции в установку малой мощности.

Property abroad

EraUSSR
FunctionResearch station
Present ownerInstitute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Acquisitionbuilt, 1961
StatusMothballed
As of2011-11
According to BG Nauka (1 November 2011), the reactor has been shut down since 1989; the outlet describes the reconstruction provided for by a 2001 government decision as still prospective.

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