Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy
🇵🇪 Lima, PE · Founded 1975-02-04 · Active
Also known as IPEN, IPEN Peru, RACSO
The Instituto Peruano de EnergÃa Nuclear (IPEN) is Peru's nuclear research agency, part of the Ministry of Energy and Mines, founded on 4 February 1975. It regulates and promotes nuclear research and applications. It runs the RACSO nuclear centre in Carabayllo, Lima, and operates the RP-10, a 10-megawatt pool-type research reactor built by Argentina's INVAP and in service since the late 1980s, used mainly to produce radioisotopes. It also has the RP-0, a zero-power critical assembly in Lima dating from 1978.
- Sector
- Fission
- Role
- Government programme, Research institute, Operator
It is the operator of record for RP-10 (operating).
Design values
| Device | Parameter | Value | Unit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RP-10 | Thermal capacity (rated) | 10 | MW | design valueclaimed |
Devices
Sources
- Instituto Peruano de EnergÃa Nuclearaggregator
- IPEN: institucionaloperator
- List of nuclear research reactors (Wikipedia)aggregator