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RECH-1

RECH-1 is a 5 MW thermal pool-type research reactor in Santiago, Chile, operated by the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission. The IAEA Research Reactor Database lists it as operational, with first criticality on 13 October 1974.

Type
Research reactor
Approach
Water-cooled
Country
CL
Status
Operating

Design values

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

Design values for RECH-1
ParameterValueUnit StatusSource
Thermal capacity (rated) medium confidence 5 MW MW claimed IAEA Research Reactor Database (RRDB): public reactor list (JSON behind nucleus.iaea.org/rrdb) aggregator