The reactor of the USSR Academy of Sciences atomic power station

The atomic power plant of the USSR Academy of Sciences was set in operation on June 27, 1954. During the time of its operation not a single fuel element has gone out of order. There has been a rupture of an operating channel tube from which no dangerous consequences resulted. The emergency shielding of the reactor proved to be fully adequate. There have been stoppages of primary feeding of the circulating pumps but the emergency shielding fulfilled its purpose.