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The world’s first nuclear power plant (NPP) was developed and commissioned 50 years ago in the city of Obninsk; the plant was soon converted to a research reactor. The NPP was developed in a very short period of time – 4 years – while resources were stretched incredibly thin in the effort to restore a shattered wartime economy – industry, the fuel and energy complex, and agriculture. This papers retraces shortly the history of this reactor, and sketches the lessons learned and the experience feedback which have be drawn from it.
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Kochetkov, L. A. The World’s First NPP and Its Role in the Development of Nuclear Power.
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Kochetkov, L., Poplavko, V. (2006). THE LESSONS OF 48 YEARS’ OPERATION OF THE AM RESEARCH REACTOR. In: Lambert, F., Volkov, Y. (eds) Safety Improvements through Lessons Learned from Operational Experience in Nuclear Research Facilities. NATO Security Through Science Series, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3888-7_11
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