An international team has completed the first International Atomic Energy Agency integrated research reactor utilisation review (IRRUR) mission, carried out on the 5 MW pool-type Rech-1 research reactor at the La Reina Nuclear Centre in Santiago, Chile.
The IRRUR is a new IAEA review service, developed to help countries in improving the use and sustainability of nuclear research reactor facilities. This mission, which took place from 4 to 8 July, followed a request from the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission (CChEN).
The IAEA said the IRRUR team carried out a thorough assessment of the way in which the Rech-1 research reactor is being used and its potential capabilities. They identified further areas where it can be used and feasible areas of research and development that the reactor can be used for and products and services that it can provide.
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