Italy · Rome · 41.893, 12.483 (approximate location)

RANA

RANA, a research reactor (pool) in Rome, Italy, with 10 kW of thermal power, operated by ENEA Casaccia Research Centre. Decommissioned, 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). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

Italy

City

Rome

Type

Pool

Thermal power

10 kW

Operator

ENEA Casaccia Research Centre

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1965

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