Spain · Bilbao · 43.257, -2.924 (approximate location)

ARBI Reactor

ARBI Reactor, a research reactor (other) in Bilbao, Spain, with 10 kW of thermal power, operated by Escuela de Ingeniería de Bilbao. Decommissioned, first critical in 1962.

It was one of the 4 research reactors Spain has had; 0 remain in operation today. It went critical 4 years after the first research reactor in Spain, JEN-1 Mod (1958).

Country

Spain

City

Bilbao

Type

Other

Thermal power

10 kW

Operator

Escuela de Ingeniería de Bilbao

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1962

See also: every research reactor in Spain · How research reactors work