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RECH-1

RECH-1, a research reactor (pool) in Santiago, Chile, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by La Reina Nuclear Centre-CCHEN. Operating, first critical in 1974.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Chile, of the 2 currently operating. It was the first research reactor in Chile to go critical and is still operating 52 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 activation analysis.

Country

Chile

City

Santiago

Type

Pool

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

La Reina Nuclear Centre-CCHEN

Status

Operating

First criticality

1974

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, activation analysis, geochronology, materials testing

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