INVAP's Research Reactor Designs

Table 1

Comparison of different facilities.

Facility	Power	Core modification	Experimental capability	Utilization
Sub-critical	0	Very easy. Manually	Very flexible	Training and education
Critical	<1 W	Very easy. Manually	Very flexible	Training and education nucleonic measurements
Low power	<100 kW	Easy under water	Very flexible	NAA, low-scale RI production.
Medium power	<10 MW	Easy under water Some verification	Flexible/production facility	NAA, NTD, several RI production, beams.
High power	≥10 MW	Fixed core or it requires detailed verification	Production facility	NAA, NTD, RI, high performance beams, material irradiation, loops