Argentina · Ezeiza · -34.824, -58.573

RA-3

RA-3, a research reactor (pool) in Ezeiza, Argentina, with 10 MW of thermal power, operated by Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica. Operating, first critical in 1967.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Argentina, of the 5 currently operating. It went critical 9 years after the first research reactor in Argentina, RA-1 Enrico Fermi Reactor (1958). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, training, activation analysis and neutron capture therapy.

Country

Argentina

City

Ezeiza

Type

Pool

Thermal power

10 MW

Operator

Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica

Status

Operating

First criticality

1967

Purpose

Isotope production, training, activation analysis, neutron capture therapy, materials testing

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