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Research Institute of Atomic Reactors
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<p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Research_Institute_of_Atomic_Reactors¶ms=54_11_11_N_49_28_31_E_">54°11′11″N 49°28′31″E / 54.18639°N 49.47528°E / 54.18639; 49.47528</a> </p> <p>The Research Institute of Atomic Reactors is an institute for <a href="/facts/Nuclear_reactor/8xqjIbge">nuclear reactor</a> research in <a href="/facts/Dimitrovgrad%2c_Russia/26R1F29h">Dimitrovgrad</a> in <a href="/facts/Ulyanovsk_Oblast/q0yDeYdC">Ulyanovsk Oblast</a>, Russia. The institute houses eight nuclear research reactors: SM, Arbus (ACT-1), MIR.M1, RBT-6, RBT-10 / 1, RBT-10 / 2, BOR-60 and VK-50. </p><p>A senior president of <a href="/facts/General_Atomics/u8jAsX9y">General Atomics</a> said in May 2015 that the world's best reactor for "developing <i>new</i> materials that will be able to endure the much higher temperatures, <i>and</i> endure the more energetic and neutron rich radiation environment inside the reactor", is the BOR-60. BOR-60 had its operating license extended to 2020. </p> <p>Airborne <a href="/facts/Ruthenium-106/C9GGqqPM">ruthenium-106</a> traces measured in September and October 2017 by several European countries have been thought to originate from the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors. </p>