[cdn-nucl-l] ANSTO bid - INVAP

["Brown, Morgan" <brownmj@aecl.ca>]

More info on the winning ANSTO reactor bidder - INVAP - is found at
http://www.invap.com.ar/

INVAP recently built the ETRR-2 22MWth research reactor in Egypt
(interestingly, they include BNCT in its use, along with Research and
Training, Co-60  Production, Silicon Doping, Radioisotope production 131I,
192Zr, 51Cr, 99Mo by fission, and Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA).

INVAP also built NUR in Algeria for:

 · Neutron radiography for research and industrial purpose
· Radioisotope production for medical and industrial purposes (laboratory
scale)
· Basic and applied research in reactor physics and nuclear engineering
· Beam port for neutron scattering experiments and neutron radiography
· Materials testing
· Activation analysis
· Materials irradiation
· Training of scientific and technical personnel



- Morgan Brown