New Center of Fast Breeder Reactors to Use Most Powerful Research Reactor

The international center for research in the field of fast breeder reactors that is being created under the auspices of Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom, will use the world’s most powerful research reactor, Rosatom’s deputy director general, Viacheslav Pershukov, told reporters on Monday.

VIENNA (Sputnik) — In 2015, Russia began construction of the world's most powerful multifunctional fast neutron research reactor MBIR in the Russian city of Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region.

"The idea of the [international] center is simple — it will be the exclusive owner of the resource of the MBIR reactor,” Pershukov said on the sidelines of the 60th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna.

Pershukov also added that the headquarters of the center could be placed in Europe and that the registration process is planned for 2017.