The document, signed during the International Atomic Energy Agency's 69th General Conference in Vienna, focuses on the technology complex which will house the Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor (RMB), including its laboratory, operational infrastructure and logistical support facilities. How the centre might look, with the reactor building (8) and Neutron Beam Laboratory (9) (Image: CNEN)The RMB is similar to Argentina's RA-10 multipurpose reactor, a 30 MWt open-pool research reactor which is currently under construction with operation scheduled in the next year or two. Invap signed the agreement in 2013 to build the two research reactors - one in each country - with the reference design to be the Open Pool Australian Light-water (Opal) research reactor that Invap supplied to the Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation. The multipurpose reactor is to be part of a two million square metre site which, it is proposed, will also host laboratories for researching nuclear fusion, particle accelerators and radiopharmaceutical development and production. The cost has been estimated at USD500 million and the target construction timeline is 5 years.