Research and measurement reactor Braunschweig

Research and measurement reactor Braunschweig
Coordinates	52 ° 17 '48 "  N , 10 ° 27' 50"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 17 '48 "  N , 10 ° 27' 50"  E
country	Germany
Data
operator	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
start of building	October 1, 1963
Installation	3rd October 1967
Shutdown	December 19, 1995
Shutdown	July 28, 2005
Reactor type	Swimming pool reactor
Thermal performance	1 MW
Neutron flux density	1 × 10 13  n / (cm 2 s)
was standing	February 2, 2009

The Research and Measurement Reactor Braunschweig (FMRB) was a research reactor that was operated from 1967 to 1995 at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt in Braunschweig . The reactor was primarily used as a neutron source for basic research in neutron and solid-state physics . Furthermore, measuring instruments were tested and calibrated on the reactor and new measuring methods for dosimetry were developed.

history

Construction of the reactor began on October 1, 1963. The material test reactor of the swimming pool reactor type was then put into operation on October 3, 1967 after a construction period of four years. It used highly enriched uranium as a nuclear fuel and had a nominal output of 1 MW . The reactor was in normal operation until December 19, 1995. After that, it was put to a standstill for economic reasons. The final approval for decommissioning was finally granted on March 2, 2001.

The reactor was then dismantled by Babcock Noell, a subsidiary of Bilfinger Berger . All fuel elements were removed from the facility and disposed of in the USA . The dismantling of the reactor and the ancillary facilities left 160.9 tons of decommissioning waste . These were packed in special barrels and placed on site in a residual room specially set up as an interim storage facility. The dismantling was completed on July 28, 2005 and the reactor building was released from supervision under nuclear law. The decommissioning and dismantling of the reactor cost the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt a total of 16.3 million euros. This high sum is owed to the political goal of bringing the facility to full post-nuclear use; a complete demolition would have been cheaper.

After additional renovation and expansion work, the main workshop moved in at the end of 2012. The adjoining Meitner building, which used to house additional laboratories, has housed the offices of the associated PTB specialist department "5.5 Scientific device construction" for several years.

See also

• List of nuclear power plants
• List of nuclear reactors in Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Status information on the Braunschweig Research and Measurement Reactor (FMRB) , Lower Saxony Ministry for Environment and Climate Protection
2. ↑ Dismantling of the research and measuring reactor (FMRB) , information page from Babcock Noell (document no longer available October 25, 2011)
3. ↑ Tab. 2b: Research reactors - in decommissioning. (pdf) (No longer available online.) In: List of nuclear facilities in the Federal Republic of Germany Facilities “In decommissioning”. Federal Office for Radiation Protection , February 15, 2016, p. 7 , archived from the original on July 13, 2016 ; accessed on July 13, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Former PTB research reactor becomes central workshop , press release of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt from November 2005