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=== Plutonium production === Reactors in italics were built for tritium production. {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+Plutonium production reactors in the USSR<ref name="e352">{{cite journal |last=DIAKOV |first=ANATOLI |date=2011-04-25 |title=The History of Plutonium Production in Russia |journal=Science & Global Security |publisher=Informa UK Limited |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=28β45 |doi=10.1080/08929882.2011.566459 |bibcode=2011S&GS...19...28D |issn=0892-9882}}</ref> !Reactor name !Site !Design power (MWth) !Upgraded power (MWth) !Began operation !Shut down !Total plutonium (tons) !Design !Coolant circuit |- |A |[[Mayak Production Association]] |100 |900 |19 June 1984 |16 June 1987 |6.138 |LWGR |Single-pass |- |AV-1 |[[Mayak Production Association]] |300 |1200 |5 April 1950 |12 August 1989 |8.508 |LWGR |Single-pass |- |AV-2 |[[Mayak Production Association]] |300 |1200 |6 April 1951 |14 July 1990 |8.407 |LWGR |Single-pass |- |AV-3 |[[Mayak Production Association]] |300 |1200 |15 September 1952 |1 November 1990 |7.822 |LWGR |Single-pass |- |''AI-IR'' |[[Mayak Production Association]] |40 |100 |22 December 1952 |25 May 1987 |0.053 |LWGR |Single-pass |- |''OK-180'' |[[Mayak Production Association]] |100 |233 |17 October 1951 |3 March 1966 |0 |HWR |Closed-circuit |- |''OK-190'' |[[Mayak Production Association]] |300 |300 |27 December 1955 |8 November 1965 |0 |HWR |Closed-circuit |- |''OK-190M'' |[[Mayak Production Association]] |300 |300 |16 April 1966 |16 April 1986 |0 |HWR |Closed-circuit |- |''LF-2 "Ludmila"'' |[[Mayak Production Association]] |800 |800 |May 1988 |In operation |0 |HWR |Closed-circuit |- |''"Ruslan"'' |[[Mayak Production Association]] |800 |1100 |12 June 1979 |In operation |0 |LWR |Closed-circuit |- |I-1 |[[Siberian Chemical Combine]] |400 |1200 |20 November 1955 |21 September 1990 |8.237 |LWGR |Single-pass |- |EI-2 |[[Siberian Chemical Combine]] |400 |1200 |24 September 1958 |31 December 1990 |7.452 |LWGR |Closed-circuit |- |ADE-3 |[[Siberian Chemical Combine]] |1450 |1900 |14 July 1961 |14 August 1990 |14.020 |LWGR |Closed-circuit |- |ADE-4 |[[Siberian Chemical Combine]] |1450 |1900 |26 February 1964 |20 April 2008 |19.460 |LWGR |Closed-circuit |- |ADE-5 |[[Siberian Chemical Combine]] |1450 |1900 |27 June 1965 |5 June 2008 |19.144 |LWGR |Closed-circuit |- |AD |[[Mining and Chemical Combine]] |1450 |2000 |25 August 1958 |30 June 1992 |15.433 |LWGR |Single-pass |- |ADE-1 |[[Mining and Chemical Combine]] |1450 |2000 |20 July 1961 |29 September 1992 |14.184 |LWGR |Single-pass |- |ADE-2 |[[Mining and Chemical Combine]] |1450 |1800 |January 1964 |15 April 2010 |16.317 |LWGR |Closed-circuit |- | colspan="6" |Total |144.9 | colspan="2" | |}
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