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TRIGA HD II

TRIGA HD II, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Heidelberg, Germany, with 250 kW of thermal power, operated by Central Service Rad. Prot. and Dosimetry. Decommissioned, first critical in 1978.

It was one of the 45 research reactors Germany has had; 6 remain in operation today. It went critical 21 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

Central Service Rad. Prot. and Dosimetry

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1978

Purpose

Isotope production, activation analysis, neutron capture therapy

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