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OKBM Afrikantov

Company type	Public (OAO)
Industry	Nuclear engineering
Headquarters	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Number of employees	4,000
Parent	Rosatom
Website	www.okbm.nnov.ru

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

The company is named after Igor Afrikantov, and 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's 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, by the decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR dated December 27, 1945, a Special Design Bureau (OKB) was established on the basis of the Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant to create equipment for the nuclear industry.

In 1960, the OKB was awarded the highest state award, the Order of Lenin, for its participation in the creation of the power plant of the first nuclear icebreaker: Lenin.

In 1985, the OKB was awarded the Order of the October Revolution for its significant contribution to the development of nuclear technology.

In 1998 the enterprise was named after its former chief designer and director I. I. Afrikantov.

In 2004, by a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, OKBM was granted the status of a Federal Scientific and Production Center.

In 2008, the open joint-stock company “Experimental Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering named after I. I. Afrikantov” was registered. The company was created as a result of the transformation of the federal state's unitary enterprise “Experimental Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering named after I. I. Afrikantov” and became its legal successor.

In 2014, the company changed its name to a joint-stock company, as JSC Afrikantov OKBM.

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 also 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.

List of reactors

A list of some reactors under the company's flagship or participation:

References

1. JSC “Afrikantov OKBM”
2. JSC “Afrikantov OKBM”
3. Атомпро Archived 2015-04-06 at the Wayback Machine // Атомпро: Официальный сайт. {{проверено}}
4. Устав ОКБМ // Устав ОКБМ {{проверено}}
5. "Reactors ready for floating plant". World Nuclear News. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
6. "Shipyard wins giant nuclear icebreaker tender". World Nuclear News. 2012-08-07. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
7. "Chinese fast reactor starts supplying electricity". World Nuclear News. 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
8. "The History of PlutoniumProduction in Russia" (PDF). Taylor & Francis Group. 2011. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

External links

• Official website

v t e Nuclear power in Russia
Energy policy of Russia Energy in Russia
Reactors	Active Akademik Lomonosov Balakovo Beloyarsk Bilibino Dimitrovgrad Kalinin Kola Kursk Leningrad Leningrad II Novovoronezh Novovoronezh II Rostov Smolensk BOR-60 Under construction Leningrad II Kursk II BREST-300 MBIR Closed Obninsk Siberian Troitsk ADE-2 Canceled Bashkir Gorky Kaliningrad Krasnodar Primorsk South Ural Tatar (Kama) Tver Volgograd Voronezh Planned Smolensk II BN-1200
Reactor types	Power plant reactors BN-600 BN-800 RBMK EGP-6 VVER VVER-TOI KLT-40S Research, experimental and prototype reactors GT-MHR T-15
Research locations	Kurchatov Institute
Companies	Atomenergomash Atommash Atomstroyexport OKBM Afrikantov OKB Gidropress Rosatom
Category

• Nuclear technology companies of Russia
• Nuclear technology in the Soviet Union
• Companies of the Soviet Union
• Rosatom
• Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1945
• Technology companies established in 1945
• 1945 establishments in Russia
• 1945 establishments in the Soviet Union
• Manufacturing companies based in Nizhniy Novgorod
• Design bureaus