Country | Colombia, Republic of |
Facility Name | IAN-R1 |
Facility Number | CO-0001 |
Status | OPERATIONAL |
Last Updated | 2010/02/07 |
General Data |
Owner | Instituto Colombiano de Geología y Minería-INGEOMINAS |
Operator | Instituto Colombiano de Geología y Minería-INGEOMINAS |
Licensing | Instituto Colombiano de Geología y Minería-INGEOMINAS |
Construction Date | 1964/09/01 |
Criticality Date | 1965/01/20 |
Safeguards | IAEA |
Initial Cost | |
Annual Cost | 0.25 M US$ |
Total Staff | 5 |
No of Operators | 2 |
Technical Data |
Reactor Type | POOL |
Thermal Power, Steady (kW) | 30.00 |
Max Flux SS, Thermal (n/cm2-s) | 7.8e11 |
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 | LIGHT WATER |
Coolant | LIGHT WATER |
Natural Convection Cooling | YES |
Forced Cooling | no |
Coolant Velocity in Core | |
Reflector | GRAPHITE |
Reflector Number of Sides | 4 |
Control Rods Material | B4C |
Control Rods number | 3 |
Experimental Facilities |
Horizontal Channels | 2 |
Horizontal Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | |
Horizontal Use | not used |
Vertical Channels | |
Vertical Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | |
Vertical Use | |
Core Irradiation Facilities | 3 |
Core Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | 7.8e11 |
Reflector Irradiation Facilities | 6 |
Loops Number | |
Loops Max Flux | |
Loops use |
Fuel data |
Origin of Fissile Material | USA |
Enrichment Supplier | USA |
Equilibrium Core Size | 16 |
Plates per Element | |
Dimensions of Plates | |
Rods per Element | 4 |
Dimensions of Rods, mm | 765L x 54.9D |
Tubes per Element | |
Dimensions of Tubes, mm | |
Cladding Material | SS |
Cladding Thickness, mm | 0.508 |
Fuel Material | UZRH |
Fuel Thickness, mm | 0.5 |
Uranium Density, g/cm3 | |
Burnup on Discharge, max % | |
Burnup Average, % | |
Last Shipment Year | |
Last Receipt Year | |
Fuel Fabricator | GENERAL ATOMICS, USA |
Utilization |
Hours per Day | 8 |
Days per Week | 4 |
Weeks per Year | 50 |
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 |
1000 | |
Transmutation | NO |
Geochronology | NO |
Teaching | Number of students: 368 |
Training | Number of operators/experimenters trained: 2 |
Other Uses | NO |
Operating Experience |
Reactor | Thermal Power | Date of | Operational for | |||
Category | Type | kW | Criticality | Construction | Years | Months |
RESEARCH | POOL | 30.00 | 1965/01/20 | 1964/09/01 | 45 | 1 |