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TheVT-1 reactor was thenuclear fissionreactor used in a pair to power theK-27 as part of theSoviet Navy's Project 645 Кит-ЖМТ. It is aliquid metal cooled reactor (LMR), usinghighly enricheduranium-235 fuel to produce 73MW of power.
K-27 was aNovember-class first generation nuclear submarine, and the only one of its class fitted withliquid metal cooled reactors. However the seven-memberAlfa class were subsequently fitted with liquid metal cooled reactors. Its usage in theK-27 led to a nuclear incident with 9 fatalities.[1]
It was developed byOKB Gidropress in cooperation withIPPE.
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