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RB-1

RB-1, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Bologna, Italy, with 20 kW of thermal power, operated by Laboratorio Ingegneria Nucleare. Decommissioned, first critical in 1962.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Italy has had; 5 remain in operation today. It went critical 3 years after the first research reactor in Italy, Avogadro RS-1 (1959). 44 critical assemblies remain in operation today across 12 countries.

Country

Italy

City

Bologna

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

20 kW

Operator

Laboratorio Ingegneria Nucleare

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1962

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