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RECH-2

RECH-2, a research reactor (pool) in Santiago, Chile, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by Lo Aguirre Nuclear Center-CCHEN. Temporary shutdown, first critical in 1989.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 2 research reactors operating in Chile. It went critical 15 years after the first research reactor in Chile, RECH-1 (1974). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. It has been 37 years since its first criticality.

Country

Chile

City

Santiago

Type

Pool

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

Lo Aguirre Nuclear Center-CCHEN

Status

Temporary shutdown

First criticality

1989

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