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

IPEN/MB-01

IPEN/MB-01, a materials test reactor (MTR) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Ipen, Cidade Universitaria. Operating, first critical in 1988.

By thermal power it ranks fourth among the 4 research reactors operating in Brazil. It went critical 31 years after the first research reactor in Brazil, IEA-R1 (1957). It is one of 5 materials test reactors (MTR) operating worldwide, spread across 5 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training and materials testing.

Country

Brazil

City

Sao Paulo

Type

Materials test reactor (MTR)

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Ipen, Cidade Universitaria

Status

Operating

First criticality

1988

Purpose

Teaching, training, materials testing

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