Peru · Huarangal, Carabayllo (Lima) · -11.800, -77.013

RP-10

RP-10, a research reactor (pool) in Huarangal, Carabayllo (Lima), Peru, with 10 MW of thermal power, operated by Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear (IPEN). Operating, first critical in 1988.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Peru, of the 2 currently operating. It went critical 10 years after the first research reactor in Peru, RP-0 (1978). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. It has been 38 years since its first criticality.

Country

Peru

City

Huarangal, Carabayllo (Lima)

Type

Pool

Thermal power

10 MW

Operator

Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear (IPEN)

Design and construction

Designed and built by CNEA

Status

Operating

First criticality

1988

Purpose

Radioisotope production, neutron activation analysis, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, training, geochronology

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