General Data

Owner	UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO
Operator	UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO
Licensing	ARN, Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear
Construction Date	1971/01/01
Criticality Date	1972/01/01
Safeguards	IAEA
Initial Cost
Total Staff	5
No of Operators	4

Technical Data

Reactor Type	HOMOG (S)
Thermal Power, Steady (kW)	0.00
Max Flux SS, Thermal (n/cm2-s)	6.0E7
Max Flux SS, Fast (n/cm2-s)
Thermal Power, Pulsed (MW)	0.00
Max Flux Pulsed, Thermal (n/cm2-s)
Max Flux Pulsed, Fast (n/cm2-s)
Moderator	POLYETHELENE
Coolant	NONE
Natural Convection Cooling
Forced Cooling
Coolant Velocity in Core
Reflector	GRAPHITE
Reflector Number of Sides	6
Control Rods Material	CD
Control Rods number	2

Experimental Facilities

Horizontal Channels	3
Horizontal Max Flux (n/cm2-s)	5,3E7
Horizontal Use	Experiments, control
Vertical Channels	3
Vertical Max Flux (n/cm2-s)	4,7E6
Vertical Use
Core Irradiation Facilities	2
Core Max Flux (n/cm2-s)
Reflector Irradiation Facilities	4
Loops Number
Loops Max Flux
Loops use

Fuel data

Origin of Fissile Material	USA
Enrichment Supplier	USA
Equilibrium Core Size
Plates per Element
Dimensions of Plates
Rods per Element
Dimensions of Rods, mm
Tubes per Element
Dimensions of Tubes, mm
Cladding Material
Cladding Thickness, mm
Fuel Material
Fuel Thickness, mm
Uranium Density, g/cm3
Burnup on Discharge, max %
Burnup Average, %
Last Shipment Year
Last Receipt Year
Fuel Fabricator	NUKEM, GERMANY

Utilization

Hours per Day	2
Days per Week	2
Weeks per Year	20
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	NO
Transmutation	NO
Geochronology	NO
Teaching	Number of students: 50
Training	Number of operators/experimenters trained: 3
Other Uses	NO

Operating Experience

Reactor		Thermal Power	Date of		Operational for
Category	Type	kW	Criticality	Construction	Years	Months
TRAINING	HOMOG (S)	0.00	1972/01/01	1971/01/01	37	5