Italy · Padua · 45.408, 11.873 (approximate location)

Struttura Sottocritica

Struttura Sottocritica, a research reactor (subcritical assembly) in Padua, Italy, operated by National Institute of Nuclear Physics-LNL. Decommissioned, first critical in 1962.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Italy has had; 5 remain in operation today. It went critical 3 years after the first research reactor in Italy, Avogadro RS-1 (1959). 20 subcritical assemblies remain in operation today across 13 countries.

Country

Italy

City

Padua

Type

Subcritical assembly

Thermal power

critical

Operator

National Institute of Nuclear Physics-LNL

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1962

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