OKBM Afrikantov
# OKBM Afrikantov

OKBM Afrikantov (full name: OAO I. I. Afrikantov OKB Mechanical Engineering, Russian: Опытное конструкторское бюро машиностроения им. И. И. Африкантова) is a nuclear engineering company located in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is a subsidiary of Rosatom. The company is named after Igor Afrikantov.

The company is best known as the main designer for the Soviet Union's and Russia's flagship nuclear propulsion projects, including reactors for nuclear submarines, nuclear-powered icebreakers, and the floating nuclear power plant project. It also designs fast breeder reactors. Nearly 4,000 people work for OKBM including more than 1,600 design engineers, production engineers and test engineers. The Company employees include one Academician of the Russian Academy of Science, 20 Doctors of Engineering Science and 92 Candidates of Engineering Science. Throughout the years in action, OKBM has made a great contribution to the development of the Russian nuclear industry, the energy sector and the fleet.

## History

The company was founded in 1945. In 1998, it was named after its former chief designer and director I. I. Afrikantov.

## Products

The company is a developer of the nuclear reactors. It has designed and assembled KLT-40S reactors for the first Russian floating nuclear power station Akademik Lomonosov. It also developed the RITM-200 design pressurized water reactor which is used for LK-60 model nuclear-powered icebreaker.

OKBM Afrikantov participated in the construction of China Experimental Fast Reactor.

## Naval reactors

The company has been the primary designer of naval reactors for both military and civilian uses: KN-3 reactor, OK-150 reactor, OK-550 reactor, OK-650 reactor, KLT-40 reactor, RITM-200, RITM-400, ABV Reactor, VBER-300 and more.

## Military-related reactors

Several reactors located on three secret cities were designed by the company to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons: AV Reactor, OK-180 reactor, OK-190 reactor, OK-190M reactor, LF-2 “Ludmila” Reactor, AD Reactor, ADE-1 Reactor, ADE-2 Reactor, ADE-3 Reactor, ADE-4 Reactor, ADE-5 Reactor.

## Reactors

A list of some reactors under her flagship or participation:

| Name | Power (in $MW_e)$ | Technology | Producer | Status |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| a | 0 | a | a | a |
| ABV | 3-10 | PWR | OKBM Afrikantov & IPPE | Detailed Design |
| KN-3 | 300 | PWR | OKBM Afrikantov & IPPE | Operating |
| OK-650 | 190 | PWR | OKBM Afrikantov | Operating |
| OK-550 | 155 | LMFR | OKBM Afrikantov | Retired |
| KLT-20 | 20 | PWR | OKBM Afrikantov | Conceptual Design |
| KLT-40 | 35 | PWR | OKBM Afrikantov | Operating |
| VBER-300 | 325 | PWR | OKBM Afrikantov | Licensing Stage |
| VBER-150 | 110 | PWR | OKBM Afrikantov | Conceptual Design |
| BN GT-300 | 300 | SFR | OKBM, IPPE & SPb AEP | Conceptual Design |
| BMN-170 | 170 | SFR | OKBM, IPPE & SPb AEP | Conceptual Design |
| RITM-200 | 50 | PWR | OKBM Afrikantov | Operating |
| GT-MHR | 285 | HTGR | OKBM Afrikantov | Conceptual Design Completed |
| MHR-T | 4х205.5 | HTGR | OKBM Afrikantov | Conceptual Design |
| MHR-100 | 25 - 87 | HTGR | OKBM Afrikantov | Conceptual Design |
| IRIS | 335 | PWR | OKBM (participant) | Basic Design |
| CEFR | 20 | LMFR | OKBM (participant) | Operating |
| MBUR-12 | 12 | SFR | OKBM & IPPE | Early Conceptual Design |
| SAKHA-92 | 1 | PWR | OKBM | Conceptual Design |
| BN-600 | 600 | SFR | OKBM | Operating |
| BN-800 | 800 | SFR | OKBM | Operating |
| BN-1200 | 1200 | SFR | OKBM | Under Development |
| z | 9999 | z | z |
