Further Development
A post-Soviet redesign of the RBMK is the MKER (Russian: МКЭР, Многопетлевой Канальный Энергетический Реактор which means Multi-loop pressure tube power reactor), with improved safety and containment. The physical prototype of the MKER-1000 is the 5th unit of the Kursk nuclear power plant. The construction of Kursk 5 is still uncertain. A MKER-800, MKER-1000 and MKER-1500 planned for the Leningrad nuclear power plant.
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