Russia's Nuclear Complex
location
Institute of Energy Technologies (AESC), Yekaterinburg (near Moscow).

activity
Research reactor.

plutonium
N/A

Weapons-grade uranium
Approximately 4-7 kg of HEU enriched to 90%.

IAEA safeguards status
Unsafeguarded.

comments
Yekaterinburg is the site of a pond-type 15 MWt research reactor (IVV-2M) fueled by 4-7 kg of HEU enriched to 90%.

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