Measurements of integral parameters in nuclear reactor physics using 2MW pool type reactor

This paper describes the experiments that usually are made in this Swimming Pool Research Reactor IEA-R1. This nuclear reactor is sited in the IPEN-CNEN/SP research center (Sao Paulo-Brazil) and has a normal operation power of 2MW. The following experiments are described in this paper: the critical mass approximation; the power channel calibration; control and safety rods calibration methods; the moderator temperature and void reactivities coefficient experiments; alpha-rossi constant determination; thermal and fast spatial neutron flux by activation techniques; neutron energy spectrum in core by activation technique; beam-hole neutron flux distribution and neutron energy spectrum. (author)