Germany · Stuttgart · 48.778, 9.180 (approximate location)

SUR Stuttgart

SUR Stuttgart, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Stuttgart, Germany, operated by Inst. für Kernenergetik und Energiesysteme. Operating, first critical in 1964.

It is one of the 6 research reactors operating in Germany, one of 3 zero-power assemblies among them. It went critical 7 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 activation analysis.

Country

Germany

City

Stuttgart

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Inst. für Kernenergetik und Energiesysteme

Status

Operating

First criticality

1964

Purpose

Teaching, activation analysis

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