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{{Short description|Small nuclear fission reactor for naval propulsion cooled by a liquid metal}}
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The '''VT-1 reactor''' was the [[nuclear fission]] [[nuclear reactor|reactor]] used in a pair to power the {{ship|Soviet submarine|K-27||2}} as part of the [[Soviet Navy]]'s Project 645 Кит-ЖМТ. It is a [[liquid metal cooled reactor]] (LMR), using [[enriched uranium|highly enriched]] [[uranium-235]] fuel to produce 73 [[megawatt|MW]] of power.

''K-27'' was a {{sclass2|November|submarine|0}} first generation nuclear submarine, and the only one of its class fitted with [[Liquid metal cooled reactor|liquid metal cooled reactors]]. However the seven-member {{sclass2|Alfa|submarine|4}} were subsequently fitted with liquid metal cooled reactors. Its usage in the ''K-27'' led to a nuclear incident with 9 fatalities.<ref name=johnston2007>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/radevents1.html |title=Deadliest radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties |author=Johnston, Robert |date=September 23, 2007 |publisher=Database of Radiological Incidents and Related Events}}</ref>

It was developed by [[OKB Gidropress]] in cooperation with [[IPPE]].

==See also==
* [[United States Naval reactors]]
* [[Naval Reactors]]

==References==
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