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ANEX

ANEX, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Munich, Germany, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht. Decommissioned, first critical in 1964.

It was one of the 45 research reactors Germany has had; 6 remain in operation today. It went critical 7 years after the first research reactor in Germany, FRM (1957). 44 critical assemblies remain in operation today across 12 countries.

Country

Germany

City

Munich

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1964

Purpose

Experimental nuclear physics, subcritical assembly for research

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