Italy · Rome · 41.893, 12.483 (approximate location)

RITMO Reactor (RC-4)

RITMO Reactor (RC-4), a research reactor (pool) in Rome, Italy, with 10 W 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. Its declared uses include innovative research.

Country

Italy

City

Rome

Type

Pool

Thermal power

10 W

Operator

ENEA Casaccia Research Centre

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1965

Purpose

Innovative research

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