| Country | Argentina (Argentine Republic) |
| Facility Name | RA-6 |
| Facility Number | AR-0006 |
| Status | OPERATIONAL |
| Last Updated | 2008/10/01 |
| General Data |
| Owner | COMICION NACIONAL DE ENERGIA ATOMICA |
| Operator | CENTRO ATOMICO BARILOCHE |
| Licensing | CALIN-CNEA |
| Construction Date | 1978/09/01 |
| Criticality Date | 1982/09/23 |
| Safeguards | IAEA |
| Initial Cost | |
| Total Staff | 25 |
| No of Operators | 8 |
| Technical Data |
| Reactor Type | POOL |
| Thermal Power, Steady (kW) | 500.00 |
| Max Flux SS, Thermal (n/cm2-s) | 1.1E13 |
| Max Flux SS, Fast (n/cm2-s) | 1.8E12 |
| 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 | NO |
| Forced Cooling | YES |
| Coolant Velocity in Core | 4.07 M/S |
| Reflector | GRAPHITE |
| Reflector Number of Sides | 4 |
| Control Rods Material | AG,IN,CD,SS |
| Control Rods number | 5 |
| Experimental Facilities |
| Horizontal Channels | 5 |
| Horizontal Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | 1.0E11 |
| Horizontal Use | STUDENTS EXPERIMENTS, BNCT |
| Vertical Channels | |
| Vertical Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | |
| Vertical Use | Neutron Activation Analysis |
| Core Irradiation Facilities | >20 |
| Core Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | 6.0E12 |
| Reflector Irradiation Facilities | 2 |
| Loops Number | |
| Loops Max Flux | |
| Loops use |
| Fuel data |
| Origin of Fissile Material | USA |
| Enrichment Supplier | USA |
| Equilibrium Core Size | 23 |
| Plates per Element | 19 |
| Dimensions of Plates | mtr |
| Rods per Element | |
| Dimensions of Rods, mm | |
| Tubes per Element | |
| Dimensions of Tubes, mm | |
| Cladding Material | AL ALLOY |
| Cladding Thickness, mm | 0.4 |
| Fuel Material | U3SI2ALX |
| Fuel Thickness, mm | 0.52 |
| Uranium Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 |
| Burnup on Discharge, max % | |
| Burnup Average, % | |
| Last Shipment Year | |
| Last Receipt Year | |
| Fuel Fabricator | CNEA, ARGENTINA |
| Utilization |
| Hours per Day | 5 |
| Days per Week | 5 |
| Weeks per Year | 40 |
| MW Days per Year | 0 |
| Materials/fuel test experiments | NO |
| Isotope Production | potential |
| N/A | |
| Neutron Scattering | NO |
| Neutron Radiography | On-line beam hours: N/A |
| Neutron capture therapy | Patients irradiated: N/A |
| Activation Analysis | N/A |
| N/A | |
| Transmutation | NO |
| Geochronology | NO |
| Teaching | Number of students: N/A |
| Training | Number of operators/experimenters trained: N/A |
| Other Uses | N/A |
| Operating Experience |
| Reactor | Thermal Power | Date of | Operational for | |||
| Category | Type | kW | Criticality | Construction | Years | Months |
| RESEARCH | POOL | 500.00 | 1982/09/23 | 1978/09/01 | 27 | 8 |