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AEG Nullenergie Reaktor

AEG Nullenergie Reaktor, a research reactor (tank) in Karlstein am Main, Germany, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Kraftwerk Union. Decommissioned, first critical in 1967.

It was one of the 45 research reactors Germany has had; 6 remain in operation today. It went critical 10 years after the first research reactor in Germany, FRM (1957). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries.

Country

Germany

City

Karlstein am Main

Type

Tank

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Kraftwerk Union

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1967

Purpose

Zero-power reactor for training and reactor physics experiments

See also: every research reactor in Germany · How research reactors work