Italy · Bologna · 44.494, 11.343

RB-3

RB-3, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Bologna, Italy, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Laboratorio Ingegneria Nucleare Montecuccolino. Decommissioned, first critical in 1971.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Italy has had; 5 remain in operation today. It went critical 12 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

100 W

Operator

Laboratorio Ingegneria Nucleare Montecuccolino

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1971

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