The RBMK (Russian: реа́ктор большо́й мо́щности кана́льный, РБМК; reaktor bolshoy moshchnosti kanalnyy, "high-power channel-type reactor") is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union. It is somewhat like a boiling water reactor as water boils in the pressure ...

The Soviet-designed RBMK (reaktor bolshoy moshchnosty kanalny, high-power channel reactor) is a water-cooled reactor with individual fuel channels and using graphite as its moderator. It is also known as the light water graphite reactor (LWGR).

RBMK is a Soviet-designed nuclear reactor that uses enriched uranium as its fuel. It is a rather unusual design as it uses graphite as its moderator, and was designed for plutonium production—but was also used extensively for electrical generation.

2021年5月5日 · This began with the design of the RBMK (reaktor bolshoy moshchnosti kanalnyy, or “high-power channel-type reactor”), where natural uranium was chosen to avoid the cost of 235 U enrichment.

2024年12月29日 · The RBMK (Russian: реактор большой мощности канальный, РБМК; reaktor bolshoy moshchnosti kanalnyy, "high-power channel-type reactor") is a modular boiling-water type nuclear fission reactor.

2024年7月12日 · Four Russian nuclear power units with first generation RBMK-1000 reactors have been closed after 45 years of service and are being decommissioned. However, the NA Dollezhal Scientific Research & Design Institute of Power Engineering (Nikiet) has proposed extending the operating life of second generation RBMK’s from 45 to 50 years.

The RBMK type reactor (reaktor bolshoy moshchnosti kanalnyy) was developed and exclusively used in the countries of the former Soviet Union. It was based on a reactor used to produce weapons grade plutonium. In 2010, there were 12 operating RBMK …

The Soviets thus developed the RBMK reactors, enriched uranium reactors, the design of which stems from the first atomic prototypes. The RBMK family became tragically famous during the 1986 Chernobyl accident.

RBMK reactors (Reaktor Bolshoy Moshchnosti Kanalniy, or high-power pressure tube reactor) are a type of nuclear reactor developed in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s. They are best known for their association with the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

The RBMK The former Soviet Union built 17 nuclear units based on the RBMK design used at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Today it is generally recognized that there are three generations of RBMK nuclear power plants.