Italy · Rome · 41.893, 12.483 (approximate location)

RSV TAPIRO

RSV TAPIRO, a research reactor (fast) in Rome, Italy, with 5 kW of thermal power, operated by CNEN Casaccia Research Centre. Operating, first critical in 1971.

By thermal power it ranks third among the 5 research reactors operating in Italy. It went critical 12 years after the first research reactor in Italy, Avogadro RS-1 (1959). It is one of 15 fast research reactors operating worldwide, spread across 6 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training, activation analysis and nuclear data measurements.

Country

Italy

City

Rome

Type

Fast

Thermal power

5 kW

Operator

CNEN Casaccia Research Centre

Status

Operating

First criticality

1971

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis, nuclear data

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