Italy · Ispra · 45.815, 8.613 (approximate location)

ESSOR Nuclear Plant

ESSOR Nuclear Plant, a research reactor (heavy water) in Ispra, Italy, with 43 MW of thermal power, operated by Joint Research Centre Ispra. Shut down, first critical in 1967.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Italy has had; 5 remain in operation today. It went critical 8 years after the first research reactor in Italy, Avogadro RS-1 (1959). 10 heavy-water research reactors remain in operation today across 7 countries.

Country

Italy

City

Ispra

Type

Heavy water

Thermal power

43 MW

Operator

Joint Research Centre Ispra

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1967

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