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SUR Ulm

SUR Ulm, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Ulm, Germany, operated by Fachhochschule Ulm. Operating, first critical in 1965.

It is one of the 6 research reactors operating in Germany, one of 3 zero-power assemblies among them. It went critical 8 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 training.

Country

Germany

City

Ulm

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Fachhochschule Ulm

Status

Operating

First criticality

1965

Purpose

Teaching, training

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