CROCUS (reactor)

Reactor core with emptied water basin

CROCUS is a zero power critical of EPFL , which is used for teaching purposes. The effective thermal output is 100 W. The responsible Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems Behavior (LRS) works closely with the Paul Scherrer Institute .

The fuel is low-enriched uranium , the moderator is light water .

Construction started on January 1, 1979, and commissioning took place on July 13, 1983.

CROCUS is - besides the decommissioned Lucens reactor - the only reactor in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

Web links

Commons : CROCUS  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} A fission reactor on the campus ( memento of the original from August 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems Behavior LRS
3. ^ Research Reactor Details - CROCUS
4. ↑ Crocus - the research reactor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (www.kernenergie.ch)

Coordinates: 46 ° 31 ′ 16.5 "  N , 6 ° 34 ′ 14"  E ; CH1903:  five hundred and thirty-three thousand three hundred eighty-nine  /  152586