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FRN

FRN, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Munich, Germany, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit GMBH. Shut down, first critical in 1972.

It was one of the 45 research reactors Germany has had; 6 remain in operation today. It went critical 15 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

Munich

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit GMBH

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1972

Purpose

Isotope generation, beamline experiments in medical/biological research

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