MBIR reactor
will become one of the key elements in the renewal of the nuclear industry's experimental capabilities and the highest-precision research facility
MBIR - is the largest research reactor in operation and under construction on the planet and will provide the nuclear industry with a modern and technologically advanced research infrastructure for the next 50 years.
MBIR unique experimental and technological possibilities will allow to essentially expand directions of studies regarding grounds of concepts in two-component nuclear energetics and closure of fuel cycle, as well as significantly accelerate the creation of safe nuclear Generation IV power plants.
The exceptional physical characteristics of the MBIR reactor will be best suited for materials science experiments, development of new technologies for production of radioisotopes and modified materials, testing of fuel, new coolants and much more.
SPECIFICATIONS
EXPERIMENTAL CAPABILITIES
Actinide minor burning, multiple recycling.
Justification of service life reliability and performance capability.
Modelling of complex multi-factorial processes.
Testing of dispersion-strengthened materials, ferritic-martensitic and austenitic steels.
Mo-99, Со-60, Gd-153,
Sr-85;89, I-125;131, Хе-127.
fuel cell testing.
Various ceramic
and metal composites.
Including studies involving ultracold neutrons.
Не, Na, РЬ / Pb-Bi.
service
life
Pb/Pb-Bi
lant
NON-POWER APPLICATION
Meetings of the IRC MBIR Advisory Council specialized committee are held on a regular basis to develop the scientific research program of experimental research based on the MBIR reactor and broadly discuss the reactor's possibilities in non-power applications of nuclear technologies.
A wide range of biomedical research, including boron-neutron-capture, neutron and combined therapy, will be possible involving radiation exposure, which will ensure future improvement of nuclear medicine tools and organization of practical use of neutron beams for medical purposes.
The robust research base of the MBIR reactor will provide ample opportunities to develop the technology for producing radioisotopes of strontium, nickel, cobalt, gadolinium, and sources based on them, as well as to organize the generation of radionuclides with low neutron capture cross sections.
The most important fundamental and applied research will be carried out and based on the MBIR reactor, including the use of ultracold neutrons. The unique data obtained during the experiments at MBIR will help substantiate research in the area of astrophysics.
Applied experimental work involving radiation exposure will ensure the creation of technologies and organization of production for neutron doping of silicon, which is widely used in electronics.
The MBIR's technical features will make it possible to conduct experimental studies of reactor-irradiated materials and products in support of neutron radiography and tomography techniques for reactor-irradiated materials.
MBIR neutron-activation analysis will enable a mass multi-element analysis of biological, environmental, and geological samples: nuclear studies of cultural heritage objects, determination of toxic elements content in the environment, studies of new medical preparations and sorbents, food quality, and safety testing.
KEY MILESTONES OF THE PROJECT
RIAR REACTOR OPERATOR
JSC “SSC RIAR" is the largest research institute in Russia, one of the town-forming enterprises of Dimitrovgrad. The Institute operates 6 nuclear research reactors, Europe's largest complex for post-reactor studies of nuclear reactor cores, a complex of facilities for R&D in nuclear fuel cycle, a radiochemical complex, and a radioactive waste management complex.
