goingcritical:latinaItaly · Power reactor
Latina
Status: Shut down reached first criticality December 27, 1962 Reactor status full glossary → Announced Publicly announced — a site and design are proposed, but construction has not begun. Site preparation Early site and civil works are under way; the first safety-related ("nuclear") concrete has not yet been poured. Under construction Formal construction has begun, marked by the first nuclear concrete. Fuel loaded Nuclear fuel has been loaded into the core. The reactor is fuelled but has not yet gone critical. Critical Has reached first criticality — a self-sustaining chain reaction, usually at low power — but is not yet connected to the grid. Grid connected Synchronised to the electrical grid and exporting power for the first time, but still in commissioning and power-ascension testing — not yet in commercial service. In commercial operation — the operator has formally declared the unit in regular commercial service. Shut down Permanently shut down and no longer generating; may be defuelled, undergoing decommissioning, or preserved in place. Canceled Abandoned before completion.
Site: Latina, Lazio
Italy's first commercial nuclear reactor and, at the time, the largest reactor in Europe. A British Magnox gas-graphite design that reached first criticality on 27 December 1962. Permanently shut down on 1 December 1987 following the post-Chernobyl Italian nuclear referendum; now under SOGIN decommissioning.
Details
| Design | Magnox gas-cooled reactor (GCR) |
| Electrical output | 153 MWe |
Milestone history
- Announced —
- Construction start November 1, 1958
- Fuel load —
- First criticality December 27, 1962
- Grid connection May 12, 1963
- Commercial operation January 1, 1964