Siemens Argonaut reactor

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Siemens Argonaut reactor
Siemens Argonaut reactor (Bavaria)
Siemens Argonaut reactor
Coordinates 48 ° 15 ′ 57 "  N , 11 ° 40 ′ 27"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ′ 57 "  N , 11 ° 40 ′ 27"  E
country Germany
Data
operator Technical University of Munich
start of building 1958
Installation June 23, 1959
Shutdown October 31, 1968
Shutdown January 8, 1992
Reactor type Argonaut
Thermal performance 1 kW
Neutron flux density 2.4 × 10 11  n / (cm 2 s)
was standing February 4, 2009

The Siemens Argonaut Reactor ( SAR ) was a research reactor that was operated from 1959 to 1968 in Garching near Munich by the Technical University of Munich .

history

In contrast to the neighboring research reactor in Munich (FRM), which was supplied as a complete system by an American company, the SAR was the first nuclear reactor in Germany to be built solely by local scientists and technicians. Construction plans from the Argonne National Laboratory , where the first reactor of the allusive Argonaut type, went into operation in February 1957, served as the basis. On June 23, 1959, the reactor reached its first criticality .

The reactor was shut down on October 31, 1968 after nine years and seven months of operation. It was then shut down and finally released on January 8, 1992 from the scope of the German Atomic Energy Act . By March 20, 1998, the reactor plant was completely dismantled to a green field .

From 1962 a research reactor with the same name and a similar structure was built in Graz , which was in operation from 1965 to 2005.

construction

The Siemens Argonaut reactor was moderated with light water and had a thermal output of one kilowatt . The maximum thermal neutron flux was 2.4 × 10 11 n / cm 2 s. The neutrons were here by graphite - reflectors bundled.

See also

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  1. ↑ Power Reactors in the Federal Republic of Germany (PDF; 1.5 MB), IAEA Bulletin 2/2, 1960 (English)
  2. ↑ Argonne Highlights: 1950-1959 ( Memento from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ List of nuclear facilities in the Federal Republic of Germany ( Memento from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Federal Office for Radiation Protection, November 2013
  4. ^ Nuclear Research Reactors in the World , International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA