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FMRB

FMRB, a research reactor (pool) in Braunschweig, Germany, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt. Shut down, 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). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

Germany

City

Braunschweig

Type

Pool

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1967

Purpose

Research and measurement reactor for neutron experiments

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