| Country | Argentina (Argentine Republic) |
| Facility Name | RA-0 |
| Facility Number | AR-0003 |
| Status | OPERATIONAL |
| Last Updated | 2010/02/08 |
| General Data |
| Owner | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL CORDOBA |
| Operator | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL CORDOBA |
| Licensing | REGULATORY AUTHORITY, R. A. |
| Construction Date | 1964/01/01 |
| Criticality Date | 1965/01/01 |
| Safeguards | IAEA |
| Initial Cost | 0.1 M US$ |
| Annual Cost | 0.09 M US$ |
| Total Staff | 6 |
| No of Operators | 4 |
| Technical Data |
| Reactor Type | TANK |
| Thermal Power, Steady (kW) | 0.01 |
| Max Flux SS, Thermal (n/cm2-s) | 1.0E7 |
| Max Flux SS, Fast (n/cm2-s) | 1.0E7 |
| Thermal Power, Pulsed (MW) | 0.00 |
| Max Flux Pulsed, Thermal (n/cm2-s) | |
| Max Flux Pulsed, Fast (n/cm2-s) | |
| Moderator | LIGHT WATER |
| Coolant | LIGHT WATER |
| Natural Convection Cooling | YES |
| Forced Cooling | |
| Coolant Velocity in Core | |
| Reflector | GRAPHITE |
| Reflector Number of Sides | All |
| Control Rods Material | CD |
| Control Rods number | 4 |
| Experimental Facilities |
| Horizontal Channels | |
| Horizontal Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | |
| Horizontal Use | |
| Vertical Channels | yes |
| Vertical Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | |
| Vertical Use | |
| Core Irradiation Facilities | 4 |
| Core Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | 1.0E7 |
| Reflector Irradiation Facilities | 2 |
| Loops Number | |
| Loops Max Flux | |
| Loops use |
| Fuel data |
| Origin of Fissile Material | USA |
| Enrichment Supplier | USA |
| Equilibrium Core Size | 184-183 FOR 0.4 $ REACTIVITY |
| Plates per Element | |
| Dimensions of Plates | |
| Rods per Element | |
| Dimensions of Rods, mm | 660X10 DIA |
| Tubes per Element | |
| Dimensions of Tubes, mm | L660xDIA9.7 |
| Cladding Material | AL ALLOY |
| Cladding Thickness, mm | 1.0 |
| Fuel Material | UO2 |
| Fuel Thickness, mm | 7.6 |
| Uranium Density, g/cm3 | 18.95 |
| Burnup on Discharge, max % | |
| Burnup Average, % | |
| Last Shipment Year | |
| Last Receipt Year | 1971 |
| Fuel Fabricator | CNEA, ARGENTINA |
| Utilization |
| Hours per Day | 8 |
| Days per Week | 1 |
| Weeks per Year | 26 |
| MW Days per Year | 0 |
| Materials/fuel test experiments | NO |
| Isotope Production | NO |
| Neutron Scattering | NO |
| Neutron Radiography | NO |
| Neutron capture therapy | NO |
| Activation Analysis | N/A |
| 3 | |
| Transmutation | NO |
| Geochronology | NO |
| Teaching | Number of students: 100 |
| Training | Number of operators/experimenters trained: 30 |
| Other Uses | Instrumentation tests |
| Operating Experience |
| Reactor | Thermal Power | Date of | Operational for | |||
| Category | Type | kW | Criticality | Construction | Years | Months |
| TRAINING | TANK | 0.01 | 1965/01/01 | 1964/01/01 | 45 | 1 |