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TheKN-3 reactor (VM-16) is thenuclear reactor used in pairs to power theKirov-classbattlecruisers. The reactor was also intended to be used on theUlyanovsk class ofsupercarriers. It is apressurized water reactor (PWR), usingenricheduranium-235 fuel to produce300 MW of power.[1]
It was developed byOKBM Afrikantov.
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