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FRF-2

FRF-2, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by Fachbereiche Physik. Decommissioned, first critical in 1977.

It was one of the 45 research reactors Germany has had; 6 remain in operation today. It went critical 20 years after the first research reactor in Germany, FRM (1957). 36 TRIGA reactors remain in operation today across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

Germany

City

Frankfurt am Main

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

Fachbereiche Physik

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1977

Purpose

Basic research, neutron irradiation

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