Peru · Lima · -12.060, -77.037 (approximate location)

RP-0

RP-0, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Lima, Peru, with 1 W of thermal power, operated by Instituto Peruano de Energia Nuclear. Operating, first critical in 1978.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 2 research reactors operating in Peru. It was the first research reactor in Peru to go critical and is still operating 48 years later. It is one of 44 critical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 12 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training and activation analysis.

Country

Peru

City

Lima

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

1 W

Operator

Instituto Peruano de Energia Nuclear

Status

Operating

First criticality

1978

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis

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