Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (full name: I.I. Leypunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, russian: Государственный научный центр Российской Федерации Физико-энергетический институт, ГНЦ РФ-ФЭИ; IPPE) is a

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institute in the field of nuclear technology located in

Obninsk Obninsk (russian: О́бнинск) is a city in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Protva River southwest of Moscow and northeast of Kaluga. Population: History The history of Obninsk began in 1945 when the First Research In ...

, Russia. It is a subsidiary of

Rosatom Rosatom, ( rus, Росатом, p=rɐsˈatəm}) also known as Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom or Rosatom State Corporation, is a Russian state corporation headquartered in Moscow that special ...

History

IPPE was established in May 1946 to develop nuclear power technology; it was preceded by First Research Institute Laboratory "V", established 1945, which developed into IPPE. The purpose of the Institute was the development of nuclear reactors and to solve scientific and engineering tasks in the field of nuclear power. The staff of the Institute had built the world's first nuclear power plant in Obninsk, AM-1 ("Атом Мирный", Russian for Atom Mirny, or "peaceful atom"), was commissioned at IPPE on 27 June 1954.

Developments

During its existence the Institute has developed more than 120 different projects, including: • the fast reactors BR-1, BR-2, BR-5, BR-10; • the reactor BOR-60 in RIAR ( Dimitrovgrad); • the reactor BN-350 reactor for a nuclear power plant in

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(

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); • the reactor

BN-600 reactor The BN-600 reactor is a sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor, built at the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Station, in Zarechny, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Designed to generate electrical power of 600 MW in total, the plant dispatches 560 MW ...

and BN-800 reactor for Beloyarsk NPP; • the reacto
SVBR-100 reactor
• space

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and

TOPAZ nuclear reactor The TOPAZ nuclear reactor is a lightweight nuclear reactor developed for long term space use by the Soviet Union. Cooled by liquid metal, it uses a high-temperature moderator containing hydrogen and highly enriched fuel and produces electricity usi ...

; • naval lead-bismuth liquid metal reactors:

VT-1 reactor The VT-1 reactor was the nuclear fission reactor used in a pair to power the as part of the Soviet Navy's Project 645 Кит-ЖМТ. It is a liquid metal cooled reactor (LMR), using highly enriched uranium-235 Uranium-235 (235U or U-235) ...

, BM-40A reactor, OK-550 reactorl • mobile nuclear power plant - TES-3 ( ТЭС-3)

International Collaboration

The Institute collaborates with the leading scientific and research organizations of Russia, CIS and foreign countries. Among the most international projects can be named: - involves on a large-scale project: FAIR
FAIR-Russia
- the cooperation with France concerning the creation of fast reactors; - joint research with the USA, France, Germany, and Japan concerning reusing ex-nuclear materials of the reactor BH-600; - joint project development of the fast reactor

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with China; - joint project development of the fast reactor KALIMER with

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

; - interested in

FBNR The Fixed Bed Nuclear Reactor (FBNR) is a simple, small, proliferation resistant, inherently safe and passively cooled nuclear reactor with reduced environmental impact. The reactor is being developed under the auspice of the International Atomic ...

project;

References

External links

* Nuclear research institutes in Russia Nuclear technology companies of Russia Rosatom Research and development in Russia Research institutes in the Soviet Union Companies based in Kaluga Oblast Nuclear technology in the Soviet Union Obninsk Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Kaluga Oblast {{russia-company-stub