title: KN-3 reactor
text: # KN-3 reactor
  
  The KN-3 reactor (VM-16) is the nuclear reactor used in pairs to power the Kirov-class battlecruisers. The reactor was also intended to be used on the Ulyanovsk class of supercarriers. It is a pressurized water reactor (PWR), using enriched uranium-235 fuel to produce 300 MW of power.
  
  It was developed by OKBM Afrikantov.
  
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