Abstract
The Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor (RMB) aims to make the country independent in producing radioactive isotopes for medicine. With a power of 30 megawatts, the reactor will have power six times greater than the leading research reactor producing radioisotopes in operation in Brazil, the IEA-R1 reactor at IPEN. IPEN will be the fuel supplier for the RMB, which will consume around 50 fuel e…