Russia's Nuclear Complex
location
Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhl)

activity
Research reactor

plutonium
N/A

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

IAEA safeguards status
Unsafeguarded

comments
A single 5 MWt pond-type research reactor (IRT) is located at MEPhl, fueled by approximately 4 kg of HEU enriched to 90%.

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