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OKBM Afrikantov

Company type	Public (OAO)
Industry	Nuclear engineering
Headquarters	Nizhny Novgorod , Russia
Number of employees	4,000[1]
Parent	Rosatom
Website	www.okbm.nnov.ru

OKBM Afrikantov (full name:OAO I. I. Afrikantov OKB Mechanical Engineering,Russian:Опытное конструкторское бюро машиностроения им. И. И. Африкантова,lit. 'I. I. Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering') is a nuclear engineering company located inNizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is a subsidiary ofRosatom.

The company is named afterIgor Afrikantov, and is best known as the main designer for the Soviet Union's and Russia's flagship nuclear propulsion projects, including reactors fornuclear submarines,nuclear-powered icebreakers, and thefloating nuclear power plant project. It also designsfast breeder reactors.

Nearly 4,000 people work for OKBM, including more than 1,600 design engineers, production engineers and test engineers. The company's employees include one Academician of the Russian Academy of Science, 20 Doctors of Engineering Science and 92 Candidates of Engineering Science. Throughout the years in action, OKBM has made a great contribution to the development of the Russian nuclear industry, the energy sector and the fleet.^[2]

The company was founded in 1945, by the decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR dated December 27, 1945,^[3] a Special Design Bureau (OKB) was established on the basis of theNizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant to create equipment for the nuclear industry.

In 1960, the OKB was awarded the highest state award, theOrder of Lenin, for its participation in the creation of the power plant of the firstnuclear icebreaker:Lenin.

In 1985, the OKB was awarded theOrder of the October Revolution for its significant contribution to the development of nuclear technology.

In 1998 the enterprise was named after its former chief designer and directorI. I. Afrikantov.

In 2004, by a decree of theGovernment of the Russian Federation, OKBM was granted the status of a Federal Scientific and Production Center.

In 2008, the open joint-stock company “Experimental Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering named after I. I. Afrikantov” was registered. The company was created as a result of the transformation of the federal state'sunitary enterprise “Experimental Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering named after I. I. Afrikantov” and became its legal successor.^{[citation needed][4]}

In 2014, the company changed its name to ajoint-stock company, as JSC Afrikantov OKBM.

The company is a developer of the nuclear reactors. It has designed and assembledKLT-40S reactors for the firstRussian floating nuclear power stationAkademik Lomonosov.^[5] It also developed theRITM-200 designpressurized water reactor which is used for LK-60 modelnuclear-powered icebreaker.^[6]

OKBM Afrikantov also participated in the construction ofChina Experimental Fast Reactor.^[7]

The company has been the primary designer of naval reactors for both military and civilian uses:KN-3 reactor,OK-150 reactor,OK-550 reactor,OK-650 reactor,KLT-40 reactor,RITM-200,RITM-400,ABV Reactor,VBER-300 and more.

Several reactors located on three secret cities were designed by the company to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons:^[8]AV Reactor,OK-180 reactor,OK-190 reactor,OK-190M reactor,LF-2 “Ludmila” Reactor,AD Reactor,ADE-1 Reactor,ADE-2 Reactor,ADE-3 Reactor,ADE-4 Reactor,ADE-5 Reactor.

A list of some reactors under the company's flagship or participation:

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