Engineering:VT-1 reactor
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Short description: Small nuclear fission reactor for naval propulsion cooled by a liquid metal
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The VT-1 reactor was the nuclear fission reactor used in a pair to power the missing name as part of the Soviet Navy's Project 645 Кит-ЖМТ. It is a liquid metal cooled reactor (LMR), using highly enriched uranium-235 fuel to produce 73 MW of power.
K-27 was a Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. first generation nuclear submarine, and the only one of its class fitted with liquid metal cooled reactors. However the seven-member Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. were subsequently fitted with liquid metal cooled reactors. Its usage in the K-27 led to a nuclear incident with 9 fatalities.[1]
It was developed by OKB Gidropress in cooperation with IPPE.
See also
- United States Naval reactors
- Naval Reactors
References
- ↑ Johnston, Robert (September 23, 2007). "Deadliest radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties". Database of Radiological Incidents and Related Events. http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/radevents1.html.
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