Italy · Ispra · 45.815, 8.613 (approximate location)

ECO (Orgel Critical Experiment)

ECO (Orgel Critical Experiment), a research reactor (critical assembly) in Ispra, Italy, with 2 kW of thermal power, operated by Joint Research Centre Ispra. Shut down, first critical in 1965.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Italy has had; 5 remain in operation today. It went critical 6 years after the first research reactor in Italy, Avogadro RS-1 (1959). 44 critical assemblies remain in operation today across 12 countries. Its declared uses include innovative research, nuclear data measurements and materials testing.

Country

Italy

City

Ispra

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

2 kW

Operator

Joint Research Centre Ispra

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1965

Purpose

Innovative research, nuclear data, materials testing

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