Netherlands · Petten · 52.767, 4.667 (approximate location)

KRITO

KRITO, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Petten, Netherlands, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by RCN Petten. Decommissioned, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 8 research reactors the Netherlands has had; 3 remain in operation today. It went critical 3 years after the first research reactor in the Netherlands, LFR (1960). 44 critical assemblies remain in operation today across 12 countries. Its declared uses include innovative research and nuclear data measurements.

Country

Netherlands

City

Petten

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

RCN Petten

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1963

Purpose

Innovative research, nuclear data

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