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LENA, TRIGA II PAVIA

LENA, TRIGA II PAVIA, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Pavia, Italy, with 250 kW of thermal power, operated by Laboratorio Energia Nucleare Applicatata. Operating, first critical in 1965.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 5 research reactors operating in Italy. It went critical 6 years after the first research reactor in Italy, Avogadro RS-1 (1959). It is one of 36 TRIGA reactors operating worldwide, spread across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

Italy

City

Pavia

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

250 kW

Operator

Laboratorio Energia Nucleare Applicatata

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Operating

First criticality

1965

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis, neutron capture therapy, materials testing

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