The VT-1 reactor was the

nuclear fission Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei. The fission process often produces gamma photons, and releases a very large amount of energy even by the energetic standards of radio ...

reactor used in a pair to power the as part of the Soviet Navy's Project 645 Кит-ЖМТ. It is a

liquid metal cooled reactor A liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor, liquid metal fast reactor or LMFR is an advanced type of nuclear reactor where the primary coolant is a liquid metal. Liquid metal cooled reactors were first adapted for nuclear submarine use and have been s ...

(LMR), using highly 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 exis ...

fuel to produce 73 MW of power. ''K-27'' was a first generation nuclear submarine, and the only one of its class fitted with liquid metal cooled reactors. However the seven-member were subsequently fitted with liquid metal cooled reactors. It was developed by

OKB Gidropress OKB Gidropress (russian: ОКБ Гидропресс) is a Russian state construction office which works on the design, analysis, development, and production of nuclear power plant reactors, most notably the VVER range. OKB stands for experimenta ...

in cooperation with

IPPE Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (full name: I.I. Leypunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, russian: Государственный научный центр Российской Федерации Физико-энергет� ...

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