RA Research Reactor, Vinča

Исследовательский реактор РА в Винче

SerbiaВинча1959Industrial sites

A heavy-water research reactor with a nominal power of 6.5 MW at the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences near Belgrade. According to Serbia's national report, the reactor was built in the second half of the 1950s to a Soviet design; its main components were manufactured in the USSR. It went critical in December 1959 and was shut down in August 1984; in 2002 the government decided on its permanent shutdown, and in 2010 the spent fuel was shipped to Russia.

Тяжеловодный исследовательский реактор номинальной мощностью 6,5 МВт в Институте ядерных наук «Винча» под Белградом. По национальному докладу Сербии, реактор построен во второй половине 1950-х годов по советскому проекту; основные компоненты изготовлены в СССР. Реактор достиг критичности в декабре 1959 года и был остановлен в августе 1984 года; в 2002 году правительство приняло решение об окончательной остановке, в 2010 году отработавшее топливо вывезено в Россию.

Property abroad

EraUSSR

FunctionResearch station

Present ownerRepublic of Serbia (Public Company Nuclear Facilities of Serbia)

Acquisitionbuilt, 1959

StatusMothballed

As of2020-10

According to Serbia's national report (October 2020), the reactor is permanently shut down, the government has decided on its decommissioning, and no dismantling work is being carried out on site.