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STARK

STARK, a research reactor (other) in Karlsruhe, Germany, with 10 W of thermal power, operated by Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH. Decommissioned, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 45 research reactors Germany has had; 6 remain in operation today. It went critical 6 years after the first research reactor in Germany, FRM (1957).

Country

Germany

City

Karlsruhe

Type

Other

Thermal power

10 W

Operator

Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1963

Purpose

Static critical assembly for reactor physics experiments

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