The VM reactor (
Russian: вм реаҝтор) is type of various series of
nuclear
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pressurized water reactor
A pressurized water reactor (PWR) is a type of light-water nuclear reactor. PWRs constitute the large majority of the world's nuclear power plants (with notable exceptions being the UK, Japan and Canada). In a PWR, the primary coolant (water) i ...
s (PWR). They were used singly or in pairs to power the
Soviet Navy's
submarines.
It was developed b
NIKIET
Series
* The ''VM-A reactor'' was the
nuclear fission reactor used in pairs to power the
Soviet Navy's Project 658 and 701 (), Project 659 and 675 (), and Project 627 Кит () first-generation submarines. It was a
pressurized water reactor
A pressurized water reactor (PWR) is a type of light-water nuclear reactor. PWRs constitute the large majority of the world's nuclear power plants (with notable exceptions being the UK, Japan and Canada). In a PWR, the primary coolant (water) i ...
(PWR), using 20%
enriched uranium-235
Uranium-235 (235U or U-235) is an isotope of uranium making up about 0.72% of natural uranium. Unlike the predominant isotope uranium-238, it is fissile, i.e., it can sustain a nuclear chain reaction. It is the only fissile isotope that exi ...
fuel to produce of power. This is the reactor that powered .
* The ''VM-4 reactor'' is a nuclear fission reactor using 20% enriched uranium-235 fuel to produce of power. It is used:
** singly to power the Project 670 Скат and Чайка-Б () submarines
** in pairs to power the Project 671 Ёрш and Щука (), Project 667 Мурена, Кальмар, and Дельфин (), and Project 667 Навага, Налим, Груша, and Андромеда () second-generation submarines.
* The ''VM-5 reactor'' was the nuclear fission reactor used in a pair to power the Soviet Navy's Project 661 Анчар - Anchar () second-generation submarine. It was a pressurized water reactor (PWR) using enriched uranium-235 fuel to produce of power.
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Pressurized water reactors