Critical experiments performed for validation and improvement of the RBMK design

A large complex of neutronics experiments on RBMK design validation and improvements was performed at the Russian Research Center of the Kurchatov Institute in the RBMK critical facility. A comprehensive certification of the core components may be done on the RBMK facility. The facility is equipped with an automatic measuring system to investigate steady-state and transient neutron fields. The experiments performed in the RBMK facility have high accuracy and in many cases are on the benchmarks.