General Data

Owner	UNIV. AUTONOMA DE ZACATECAS
Operator	CENTRO REGIONAL DE ESTUDIOSNUCLEARES
Licensing	COMISION NACIONAL DE SEGURIDAD NUCLEAR Y SALVAGUARDIAS
Construction Date	1968/07/18
Criticality Date	1969/05/14
Safeguards	IAEA
Initial Cost
Annual Cost	16 K US$
Total Staff	16
No of Operators	1

Technical Data

Reactor Type	SUBCRIT
Thermal Power, Steady (kW)	0.00
Max Flux SS, Thermal (n/cm2-s)	2.6E4
Max Flux SS, Fast (n/cm2-s)	9.4E4
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
Forced Cooling
Coolant Velocity in Core
Reflector	H2O
Reflector Number of Sides	2
Control Rods Material
Control Rods number

Experimental Facilities

Horizontal Channels
Horizontal Max Flux (n/cm2-s)
Horizontal Use
Vertical Channels	2
Vertical Max Flux (n/cm2-s)
Vertical Use	STUDENT TRAINING, EXPERIMENTS
Core Irradiation Facilities	2
Core Max Flux (n/cm2-s)	1.0E7
Reflector Irradiation Facilities
Loops Number
Loops Max Flux
Loops use

Fuel data

Origin of Fissile Material	USA
Enrichment Supplier
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	AL ALLOY
Cladding Thickness, mm	1.1
Fuel Material
Fuel Thickness, mm
Uranium Density, g/cm3
Burnup on Discharge, max %
Burnup Average, %
Last Shipment Year
Last Receipt Year
Fuel Fabricator	NUCLEAR CHICAGO, USA

Utilization

Hours per Day	0
Days per Week	0
Weeks per Year	0
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	NO
Training	NO
Other Uses	NO

Operating Experience

Reactor		Thermal Power	Date of		Operational for
Category	Type	kW	Criticality	Construction	Years	Months
TRAINING	SUBCRIT	0.00	1969/05/14	1968/07/18	40	9