Argentina · Córdoba · -31.439, -64.191

RA-0

RA-0, a research reactor (tank) in Córdoba, Argentina, with 10 W of thermal power, operated by Universidad Nacional Cordoba. Operating, first critical in 1965.

By thermal power it ranks fourth among the 5 research reactors operating in Argentina. It went critical 7 years after the first research reactor in Argentina, RA-1 Enrico Fermi Reactor (1958). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training and activation analysis.

Country

Argentina

City

Córdoba

Type

Tank

Thermal power

10 W

Operator

Universidad Nacional Cordoba

Status

Operating

First criticality

1965

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis

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