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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Construction started in December 1963. The reactor was shut down in April 2010.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>The scope of decommissioning was much greater than with AD and ADE-1, which were single-purpose and performed only defense tasks.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>In 2021 it was decided to make ADE-2 a museum exhibition.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="other-similar-types">Other similar types</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Start date</th><th>Shutdown date</th><th>Place</th><th>Purpose</th></tr><tr><td>AD</td><td>1958</td><td>1992</td><td><a href="/facts/Zheleznogorsk%2c_Krasnoyarsk_Krai/VTbprw5B">Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai</a></td><td>plutonium production</td></tr><tr><td>ADE-1</td><td>1961</td><td>1992</td><td><a href="/facts/Zheleznogorsk%2c_Krasnoyarsk_Krai/VTbprw5B">Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai</a></td><td>supposed to produce electricity in addition, but never did</td></tr><tr><td>ADE-3</td><td>1961</td><td>2008</td><td><a href="/facts/Sibirskaya_Nuclear_Power_Plant/DsgSsske">Sibirskaya Nuclear Power Plant</a></td><td>dual purpose</td></tr><tr><td>ADE-4</td><td>1964</td><td>2008</td><td><a href="/facts/Sibirskaya_Nuclear_Power_Plant/DsgSsske">Sibirskaya Nuclear Power Plant</a></td><td>dual purpose</td></tr><tr><td>ADE-5</td><td>1965</td><td>2008</td><td><a href="/facts/Sibirskaya_Nuclear_Power_Plant/DsgSsske">Sibirskaya Nuclear Power Plant</a></td><td>dual purpose</td></tr><tr><td>I-1</td><td>1955</td><td>1990</td><td><a href="/facts/Sibirskaya_Nuclear_Power_Plant/DsgSsske">Sibirskaya Nuclear Power Plant</a></td><td>dual purpose</td></tr><tr><td>EI-2</td><td>1958</td><td>1991</td><td><a href="/facts/Sibirskaya_Nuclear_Power_Plant/DsgSsske">Sibirskaya Nuclear Power Plant</a></td><td>dual purpose</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>These two sources show slightly different date of start and shutdown.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>Legacy AD and ADE-1 are almost decommissioned. ADE-3, ADE-4, and ADE-5 were being decommissioned as of 2024.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Energy portal</li><li>Nuclear technology portal</li><li>Russia portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/MBIR/XdK0Kve0">MBIR</a> - multi-loop research reactor intends to replace <a href="/facts/BOR-60/j4ajAU2E">BOR-60</a>. In construction since 2015, est. completion in 2027.</li> <li><a href="/facts/RBMK/nFbFDLCf">RBMK</a> - is a class of <a href="/facts/Graphite_moderated_reactor/d10WE8fv">graphite-moderated</a> <a href="/facts/Nuclear_reactor/8xqjIbge">nuclear power reactor</a> designed and built by the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/03-0312-Russian-Federation-Atomic-Energy-Reactor-Decommissioning-3.12.2003.pdf">Agreement between US and Russia on closing of ADE-2, ADE-4, ADE-5</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/facts/Graphite-moderated_reactor/d10WE8fv">Graphite-moderated reactor</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Russia starts decommissioning plutonium-producing reactor". www.world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 14 December 2024. <a href="https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/russia-starts-decommissioning-plutonium-producing-reactor" target="_blank">https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/russia-starts-decommissioning-plutonium-producing-reactor</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Russia starts decommissioning plutonium-producing reactor". www.world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 14 December 2024. <a href="https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/russia-starts-decommissioning-plutonium-producing-reactor" target="_blank">https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/russia-starts-decommissioning-plutonium-producing-reactor</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Russia closes last weapons-grade plutonium plant". news.bbc.co.uk. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2024. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8622631.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8622631.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Russia starts decommissioning plutonium-producing reactor". www.world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 14 December 2024. <a href="https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/russia-starts-decommissioning-plutonium-producing-reactor" target="_blank">https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/russia-starts-decommissioning-plutonium-producing-reactor</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Russia's uranium-graphite ADE-2 reactor to become museum exhibit". www.neimagazine.com. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2024. <a href="https://www.neimagazine.com/news/russias-uranium-graphite-ade-2-reactor-to-become-museum-exhibit-10933436/" target="_blank">https://www.neimagazine.com/news/russias-uranium-graphite-ade-2-reactor-to-become-museum-exhibit-10933436/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Russia's ADE-2 industrial uranium-graphite reactor to become museum". www.neimagazine.com. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2024. <a href="https://www.neimagazine.com/news/russias-ade-2-industrial-uranium-graphite-reactor-to-become-museum-8561354/" target="_blank">https://www.neimagazine.com/news/russias-ade-2-industrial-uranium-graphite-reactor-to-become-museum-8561354/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Powering innovation". www.nsenergybusiness.com. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2024. <a href="https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/analysis/featurepowering-innovation-4888468-2/" target="_blank">https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/analysis/featurepowering-innovation-4888468-2/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Russia's uranium-graphite ADE-2 reactor to become museum exhibit". www.neimagazine.com. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2024. <a href="https://www.neimagazine.com/news/russias-uranium-graphite-ade-2-reactor-to-become-museum-exhibit-10933436/" target="_blank">https://www.neimagazine.com/news/russias-uranium-graphite-ade-2-reactor-to-become-museum-exhibit-10933436/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>