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"is planned to be operative in 2018" Is it?

est31 7y ago
The linked document is a paper from 2011. There was a press release in 2018 about RA-10 nearing completion: https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsargentinas-ra-10-research-reactor-nears-completion-6728363 https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsargentinas-ra-10-resear... However, I couldn't find it on the IAEA website: https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/CountryDetails.aspx?current=AR https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/CountryDetails.... In general IAEA has pretty strict rules around reporting (NGSS system as an example [1]) so it is unlikely to be online without it being reported to IAEA. [1]: https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/surveying-safeguarded-material-24/7 https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/surveying-safeguarded-m...
ajot 7y ago
It isn't. It is still under construction. In [0], a discussion about research reactors in Argentina. In [1] a video about what has been done in the RA-10, and near the end the CAREM, another reactor that's meant for electricity generation, [0] https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=2037851&page=3 https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=2037851&page... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEcKlBt6N6o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEcKlBt6N6o
wslh 7y ago
Based on this article in spanish[1] (translated in [2]) it says that will be the most modern multipurpose nuclear reactor and it is planned to be completed in the year 2022. They predict it will produce 20% of Molybdenum consumed in the world. [1] https://www.lanacion.com.ar/ciencia/tecnologia-se-construye-en-ezeiza-el-reactor-multiproposito-mas-moderno-del-mundo-nid2316006 https://www.lanacion.com.ar/ciencia/tecnologia-se-construye-... [2] https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=es&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lanacion.com.ar%2Fciencia%2Ftecnologia-se-construye-en-ezeiza-el-reactor-multiproposito-mas-moderno-del-mundo-nid2316006 https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=es&tl=en&u=htt...
- The_rationalist 7y ago
  How much more economically efficient will it be than 1980s French nuclear reactors? That's the question that matters.
blattimwind 7y ago
Everything nuclear always is delayed by around five to ten years (minimum).

The linked document is a paper from 2011. There was a press release in 2018 about RA-10 nearing completion: https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsargentinas-ra-10-research-reactor-nears-completion-6728363 https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsargentinas-ra-10-resear... However, I couldn't find it on the IAEA website: https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/CountryDetails.aspx?current=AR https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/CountryDetails.... In general IAEA has pretty strict rules around reporting (NGSS system as an example [1]) so it is unlikely to be online without it being reported to IAEA. [1]: https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/surveying-safeguarded-material-24/7 https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/surveying-safeguarded-m...

ajot 7y ago

It isn't. It is still under construction. In [0], a discussion about research reactors in Argentina. In [1] a video about what has been done in the RA-10, and near the end the CAREM, another reactor that's meant for electricity generation, [0] https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=2037851&page=3 https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=2037851&page... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEcKlBt6N6o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEcKlBt6N6o

wslh 7y ago

Based on this article in spanish[1] (translated in [2]) it says that will be the most modern multipurpose nuclear reactor and it is planned to be completed in the year 2022. They predict it will produce 20% of Molybdenum consumed in the world. [1] https://www.lanacion.com.ar/ciencia/tecnologia-se-construye-en-ezeiza-el-reactor-multiproposito-mas-moderno-del-mundo-nid2316006 https://www.lanacion.com.ar/ciencia/tecnologia-se-construye-... [2] https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=es&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lanacion.com.ar%2Fciencia%2Ftecnologia-se-construye-en-ezeiza-el-reactor-multiproposito-mas-moderno-del-mundo-nid2316006 https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=es&tl=en&u=htt...

The_rationalist 7y ago
How much more economically efficient will it be than 1980s French nuclear reactors? That's the question that matters.

blattimwind 7y ago

Everything nuclear always is delayed by around five to ten years (minimum).