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Russia's Nuclear Complex
location
St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (formerly Lenin Institute of Physics).

activity
Research reactors; research on weapons grade materials; critical assemblies.

plutonium
N/A

Weapons-grade uranium
At least 4-7 kgs of HEU enriched to 90%.

IAEA safeguards status
Unsafeguarded.

comments
One 18 VWt pond-type research reactor (VVR-M), fueled by 4-7 kgs of 90% HEU, is operating at the St. Petersburg institute. A 100 MWt tank-vessel type research reactor (PIK) is under construction. The larger reactor, when operational, will use about 30 kgs of 90% HEU, some of which may already be stored at the site.

The site was selected by Gosatomnadzor in 1995 as one of several to receive Material Protection Control & Accountability upgrades.

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