The VT-1 reactor was the

nuclear fission Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei. The fission process often produces gamma photons, and releases a very large amount of energy even by the energetic standards of radioactiv ...

reactor used in a pair to power the as part of the

Soviet Navy The Soviet Navy was the naval warfare Military, uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy made up a large part of the Soviet Union's strategic planning in the event of a conflict with t ...

's Project 645 Кит-ЖМТ. It is a

liquid metal cooled reactor A liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor (LMR) is a type of nuclear reactor where the primary coolant is a liquid metal. Liquid metal cooled reactors were first adapted for breeder reactor power generation. They have also been used to power nuclear ...

(LMR), using highly enriched

uranium-235 Uranium-235 ( or U-235) is an isotope of uranium making up about 0.72% of natural uranium. Unlike the predominant isotope uranium-238, it is fissile, i.e., it can sustain a nuclear chain reaction. It is the only fissile isotope that exists in nat ...

fuel to produce 73 MW of power. ''K-27'' was a first generation nuclear submarine, and the only one of its class fitted with liquid metal cooled reactors. However the seven-member were subsequently fitted with liquid metal cooled reactors. Its usage in the ''K-27'' led to a nuclear incident with 9 fatalities. It was developed by OKB Gidropress in cooperation with IPPE.

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