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PR-10 AEG Prüfreaktor

PR-10 AEG Prüfreaktor, a research reactor (other) in Karlstein am Main, Germany, with 180 W of thermal power, operated by Kraftwerk Union. Decommissioned, 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).

Country

Germany

City

Karlstein am Main

Type

Other

Thermal power

180 W

Operator

Kraftwerk Union

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Test reactor for nuclear engineering experiments

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