Latvia · Salaspils · 56.867, 24.350 (approximate location)

RKS-25

RKS-25, a research reactor (pool) in Salaspils, Latvia, with 25 W of thermal power, operated by Nuclear Research Centre. Shut down, first critical in 1966.

It was one of the 2 research reactors Latvia has had; 0 remain in operation today. It went critical 5 years after the first research reactor in Latvia, SRR Salaspils Research Reactor (1961). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

Latvia

City

Salaspils

Type

Pool

Thermal power

25 W

Operator

Nuclear Research Centre

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1966

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