| Country | Chile, Republic of |
| Facility Name | RECH-1 |
| Facility Number | CL-0001 |
| Status | OPERATIONAL |
| Last Updated | 2009/05/10 |
| General Data |
| Owner | COMISION CHILENA DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR |
| Operator | LA REINA NUCLEAR CENTRE-CCHEN |
| Licensing | COMISION CHILENA DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR (CCHEN) |
| Construction Date | 1970/10/10 |
| Criticality Date | 1974/10/13 |
| Safeguards | IAEA |
| Initial Cost | 8 M POUNDS |
| Annual Cost | 130 K US$ |
| Total Staff | 10 |
| No of Operators | 6 |
| Technical Data |
| Reactor Type | POOL |
| Thermal Power, Steady (kW) | 5,000.00 |
| Max Flux SS, Thermal (n/cm2-s) | 7.0E13 |
| Max Flux SS, Fast (n/cm2-s) | 5.0E13 |
| 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 | > 20 kW |
| Coolant Velocity in Core | 1.63 M/S |
| Reflector | BE |
| Reflector Number of Sides | 4 |
| Control Rods Material | CD |
| Control Rods number | 6 |
| Experimental Facilities |
| Horizontal Channels | 5 |
| Horizontal Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | 5.0E9 |
| Horizontal Use | NEUTRON DIFFRACTION, RADIOGRAPHY, PGNAA, DEPTH PROFILING |
| Vertical Channels | |
| Vertical Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | |
| Vertical Use | |
| Core Irradiation Facilities | 8 |
| Core Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | 7.0E13 |
| Reflector Irradiation Facilities | 2 |
| Loops Number | |
| Loops Max Flux | |
| Loops use |
| Fuel data |
| Origin of Fissile Material | Russia |
| Enrichment Supplier | Russia |
| Equilibrium Core Size | 36 |
| Plates per Element | 16 |
| Dimensions of Plates | 626 X 69.8 X 1.56 |
| Rods per Element | |
| Dimensions of Rods, mm | |
| Tubes per Element | |
| Dimensions of Tubes, mm | |
| Cladding Material | AL ALLOY |
| Cladding Thickness, mm | 0.48 |
| Fuel Material | UALX - AL |
| Fuel Thickness, mm | 0.61 |
| Uranium Density, g/cm3 | 0.645 HEU; 1.258 MEU; 3.4 LEU |
| Burnup on Discharge, max % | 50 |
| Burnup Average, % | 42 |
| Last Shipment Year | 2000 |
| Last Receipt Year | 2005 |
| Fuel Fabricator | CHILE FFP |
| Utilization |
| Hours per Day | 24 |
| Days per Week | 1 |
| Weeks per Year | 50 |
| MW Days per Year | 250 |
| Materials/fuel test experiments | Number of runs: 5 |
| Isotope Production | 99mTc, 131I |
| N/A | |
| Neutron Scattering | Diffraction, Scattering, Diffusion |
| N/A | |
| Neutron Radiography | On-line beam hours: N/A |
| Neutron capture therapy | NO |
| Activation Analysis | N/A |
| 1571 | |
| Transmutation | NO |
| Geochronology | 40Ar/39Ar |
| 240 | |
| Teaching | NO |
| Training | NO |
| Other Uses | NO |
| Operating Experience |
| Reactor | Thermal Power | Date of | Operational for | |||
| Category | Type | kW | Criticality | Construction | Years | Months |
| RESEARCH | POOL | 5000.00 | 1974/10/13 | 1970/10/10 | 35 | 7 |