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AKR-2

AKR-2, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Dresden, Germany, with 2 W of thermal power, operated by Fakultät Maschinenwesen. Operating, first critical in 1978.

By thermal power it ranks third among the 6 research reactors operating in Germany. It went critical 21 years after the first research reactor in Germany, FRM (1957). It is one of 15 homogeneous reactors operating worldwide, spread across 6 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training and activation analysis.

Country

Germany

City

Dresden

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

2 W

Operator

Fakultät Maschinenwesen

Status

Operating

First criticality

1978

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis

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