Siemens teaching reactor

The Siemens teaching reactor (SUR) is a zero-power reactor type with a continuous output of 0.1  watts and a peak output of 1 watt, which is used for teaching purposes in academia. Approx. 3.4 kg of uranium enriched to 20% uranium -235 are used as nuclear fuel . Due to the low power, the reactor hardly heats up even in the cleavage zone . Cooling is therefore not necessary. Furthermore, due to the low power, there is almost no burn-up .

Locations in Germany

Research reactors in Germany, Siemens teaching reactors in red

Commissioning indicates the year of the first criticality .

• SUR-AA: RWTH Aachen : Commissioning in 1965, operation until 2002, shutdown in October 2008
• SUR-B: TU Berlin : Commissioning 1963, operation until 2000, decommissioning in preparation
• SUR-HB: HS Bremen : Commissioning 1967, operation until 1993, dismantled from 1997
• SUR-DA: TU Darmstadt : Commissioning in 1963, operation until 1985, dismantled 1989–1996
• SUR-H: Leibniz University Hannover : Commissioning 1971, operation until 2000, decommissioning in preparation
• SUR-HH: Hamburg University of Applied Sciences : Commissioning in 1965, operation until 1997, dismantled in 1999
• SUR-KA: Research Center Karlsruhe : Commissioning 1966, dismantled 1996–1998
• SUR-KI: Kiel University of Applied Sciences : Commissioning 1966, operation until 1997, dismantled in 2008
• SUR-M: Technical University of Munich : Commissioning 1970, dismantled 1981–1998
• SUR-S: University of Stuttgart : Commissioning in 1964
• SUR-FW: HS Furtwangen : Commissioning 1973
• SUR-U: HS Ulm : Commissioning 1965

See also

• List of nuclear power plants - research reactors

literature

• [1] . In: Federal Office for Radiation Protection (Ed.): Handbook of Reactor Safety and Radiation Protection . Salzgitter. Appendix A.18, as of 12/10.
• Eike Gelfort: Status report on the decommissioning of nuclear facilities (PDF; 102 kB) . In: W. Blum (ed.): Energy for the future - human climate factor . Hamburg, 2001.

Web links

• The SUR-100 of the FH Hamburg (detailed, illustrated description)
• Walter Kaspar-Sickermann: My memories of the nuclear technology laboratory
• Simulation of the SUR-100 of the Ulm University of Applied Sciences (Java applet)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heiner Hautermans: In the middle of Burtscheid there is still a teaching reactor In: Aachener Nachrichten of March 23, 2011