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TRIGA HD I

TRIGA HD I, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Heidelberg, Germany, with 250 kW of thermal power, operated by Deutsches Krebsforsschungszentrum Heidelberg. Decommissioned, first critical in 1966.

It was one of the 45 research reactors Germany has had; 6 remain in operation today. It went critical 9 years after the first research reactor in Germany, FRM (1957). 36 TRIGA reactors remain in operation today across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

Germany

City

Heidelberg

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

250 kW

Operator

Deutsches Krebsforsschungszentrum Heidelberg

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1966

Purpose

Isotope production, activation analysis

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