RA-8

RA-8 is a very-low-power critical assembly research facility in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, operated by CNEA. The IAEA Research Reactor Database lists it as in temporary shutdown, with first criticality on 17 June 1997.

Operator: CNEA
Type: Research reactor
Approach: Fission
Country: AR
Status: Suspended

Design values

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

Design values for RA-8
Parameter	Value	Unit	Status	Source
Thermal capacity (rated) medium confidence	10⁻⁵ MW	MW	claimed	IAEA Research Reactor Database (RRDB): public reactor list (JSON behind nucleus.iaea.org/rrdb) aggregator