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RB-2

RB-2, a research reactor (other) in Bologna, Italy, with 10 kW of thermal power, operated by Direttore Impianto AGIP SPA. Decommissioned, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Italy has had; 5 remain in operation today. It went critical 4 years after the first research reactor in Italy, Avogadro RS-1 (1959).

Country

Italy

City

Bologna

Type

Other

Thermal power

10 kW

Operator

Direttore Impianto AGIP SPA

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1963

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