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FR-2

FR-2, a research reactor (tank) in Karlsruhe, Germany, with 44 MW of thermal power, operated by Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GMBH. Shut down, first critical in 1961.

It was one of the 45 research reactors Germany has had; 6 remain in operation today. It went critical 4 years after the first research reactor in Germany, FRM (1957). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries.

Country

Germany

City

Karlsruhe

Type

Tank

Thermal power

44 MW

Operator

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GMBH

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Prototype boiling reactor

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