Brazil · Rio De Janeiro · -22.911, -43.206

Argonauta

Argonauta, a research reactor (other) in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, with 200 W of thermal power, operated by Instituto de Engenharia Nuclear (IEN). Operating, first critical in 1965.

By thermal power it ranks third among the 4 research reactors operating in Brazil. It went critical 8 years after the first research reactor in Brazil, IEA-R1 (1957). Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and teaching. It has been 61 years since its first criticality.

Country

Brazil

City

Rio De Janeiro

Type

Other

Thermal power

200 W

Operator

Instituto de Engenharia Nuclear (IEN)

Status

Operating

First criticality

1965

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis

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