Brazil · Sao Paulo · -23.550, -46.633 (approximate location)

IEA-R1

IEA-R1, a research reactor (pool) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by IPEN. Operating, first critical in 1957.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Brazil, of the 4 currently operating. It was the first research reactor in Brazil to go critical and is still operating 69 years later. It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and teaching.

Country

Brazil

City

Sao Paulo

Type

Pool

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

IPEN

Status

Operating

First criticality

1957

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis, geochronology, neutron capture therapy, materials testing

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