Argentina · San Martín, Buenos Aires · -34.571, -58.511

RA-1 Enrico Fermi Reactor

RA-1 Enrico Fermi Reactor, a research reactor (tank) in San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina, with 40 kW of thermal power, operated by Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA). Operating, first critical in 1958.

By thermal power it ranks third among the 5 research reactors operating in Argentina. It was the first research reactor in Argentina to go critical and is still operating 68 years later. 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

San Martín, Buenos Aires

Type

Tank

Thermal power

40 kW

Operator

Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA)

Status

Operating

First criticality

1958

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis

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