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RA-6

RA-6 is a 500 kW thermal pool-type research reactor in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, operated by CNEA. The IAEA Research Reactor Database lists it as operational, with first criticality on 23 September 1982.

Operator
CNEA
Type
Research reactor
Approach
Water-cooled
Country
AR
Status
Operating

Design values

What the machine was built to do, as published. Not results, and never ranked.

Design values for RA-6
ParameterValueUnit StatusSource
Thermal capacity (rated) medium confidence 0.5 MW MW claimed IAEA Research Reactor Database (RRDB): public reactor list (JSON behind nucleus.iaea.org/rrdb) aggregator