Italy · Pavia · 45.185, 9.154 (approximate location)

SM-1 Subcritical Assembly

SM-1 Subcritical Assembly, a research reactor (subcritical assembly) in Pavia, Italy, operated by University of Pavia. Operating, first critical in 1961.

It is one of the 5 research reactors operating in Italy, the only zero-power assembly among them. It went critical 2 years after the first research reactor in Italy, Avogadro RS-1 (1959). It is one of 20 subcritical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 13 countries. Its declared uses include teaching.

Country

Italy

City

Pavia

Type

Subcritical assembly

Thermal power

critical

Operator

University of Pavia

Status

Operating

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Teaching

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