Friday, 25 December 2015

25-Dec-1946 :- The first European self-sustaining Nuclear Chain Reaction is initiated.

The F-1 is a research reactor operated by the Kurchatov Institute in MoscowRussia. When started on December 25, 1946, it became the first nuclear reactor in Europe to achieve a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. It is still in operation, with a power level of 24 kW, making it the world's oldest operating reactor.

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