| Country | Peru, Republic of |
| Facility Name | RP-10 |
| Facility Number | PE-0002 |
| Status | OPERATIONAL |
| Last Updated | 2009/02/27 |
| General Data |
| Owner | INSTITUTO PERUANO DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR |
| Operator | INSTITUTO PERUANO DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR |
| Licensing | NATIONAL AUTHORITY |
| Construction Date | 1980/10/10 |
| Criticality Date | 1988/11/30 |
| Safeguards | IAEA |
| Initial Cost | 100 M $ |
| Total Staff | 25 |
| No of Operators | 8 |
| Technical Data |
| Reactor Type | POOL |
| Thermal Power, Steady (kW) | 10,000.00 |
| Max Flux SS, Thermal (n/cm2-s) | 1.21E14 |
| Max Flux SS, Fast (n/cm2-s) | 1.0E14 |
| 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 | 400kW max. |
| Forced Cooling | 1650 M3/H |
| Coolant Velocity in Core | 3.4 M/S |
| Reflector | BE,GRAPHITE |
| Reflector Number of Sides | 4 |
| Control Rods Material | AG,IN,CD |
| Control Rods number | 6 |
| Experimental Facilities |
| Horizontal Channels | 6 |
| Horizontal Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | 1.0E13 |
| Horizontal Use | NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY, PROMPT GAMMA |
| Vertical Channels | 6 |
| Vertical Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | 1.4E14 |
| Vertical Use | Isotope production, NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS |
| Core Irradiation Facilities | 6 |
| Core Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | 1.4E14 |
| Reflector Irradiation Facilities | 1 |
| Loops Number | |
| Loops Max Flux | |
| Loops use |
| Fuel data |
| Origin of Fissile Material | USA |
| Enrichment Supplier | USA |
| Equilibrium Core Size | 27, INCLUDING 5 CONTROL FUEL ELEMENTS |
| Plates per Element | 16, 12 |
| Dimensions of Plates | 665 X 70.75 X 1.76 |
| Rods per Element | |
| Dimensions of Rods, mm | |
| Tubes per Element | |
| Dimensions of Tubes, mm | |
| Cladding Material | AL ALLOY |
| Cladding Thickness, mm | 0.38 |
| Fuel Material | U3O8 |
| Fuel Thickness, mm | 1 |
| Uranium Density, g/cm3 | 23 |
| Burnup on Discharge, max % | 58.6 |
| Burnup Average, % | 55.3 |
| Last Shipment Year | |
| Last Receipt Year | |
| Fuel Fabricator | NUKEM, GERMANY |
| Utilization |
| Hours per Day | 6 |
| Days per Week | 3 |
| Weeks per Year | 52 |
| MW Days per Year | 156 |
| Materials/fuel test experiments | NO |
| Isotope Production | 131I, 99Tc, 32P, 153Sm, 192Ir |
| N/A | |
| Neutron Scattering | Neutron diffraction |
| N/A | |
| Neutron Radiography | On-line beam hours: N/A |
| Neutron capture therapy | NO |
| Activation Analysis | INAA, RNAA |
| N/A | |
| Transmutation | NO |
| Geochronology | Fission track |
| N/A | |
| Teaching | Number of students: 50 |
| Training | Number of operators/experimenters trained: 10 |
| Other Uses | NO |
| Operating Experience |
| Reactor | Thermal Power | Date of | Operational for | |||
| Category | Type | kW | Criticality | Construction | Years | Months |
| RESEARCH | POOL | 10000.00 | 1988/11/30 | 1980/10/10 | 21 | 6 |