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SUR Furtwangen

SUR Furtwangen, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, Germany, operated by Fachhochschule Furtwangen. Operating, first critical in 1973.

It is one of the 6 research reactors operating in Germany, one of 3 zero-power assemblies among them. It went critical 16 years after the first research reactor in Germany, FRM (1957). It is one of 15 homogeneous reactors operating worldwide, spread across 6 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and materials testing.

Country

Germany

City

Furtwangen im Schwarzwald

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Fachhochschule Furtwangen

Status

Operating

First criticality

1973

Purpose

Teaching, materials testing

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