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Title: Research Reactors in Europe
Post by: jamescan on Sep 03, 2004, 06:03

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to ask a question about Research Reactors as I've tried trawling the internet but can't come up with anything.

I work for a company in the UK that services Neutron Detectors.  I'm tring to find research reactors in Europe that we can use to test these detectors with but have only found one or two so far.  I think there may be a few in France but haven't had any luck finding them yet either.

I specifically need to find a reactor with a thermal neutron flux and minimal gamma flux. 

I know it's a long-shot but does anyone know any information that can help?  I'd really appreciate any advice or any suggestions on where to look.

Thanks,  James.

Title: Re: Research Reactors in Europe
Post by: Kernwerker on Oct 18, 2004, 02:07

Quote from: jamescan on Sep 03, 2004, 06:03

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to ask a question about Research Reactors as I've tried trawling the internet but can't come up with anything.

I work for a company in the UK that services Neutron Detectors.  I'm tring to find research reactors in Europe that we can use to test these detectors with but have only found one or two so far.  I think there may be a few in France but haven't had any luck finding them yet either.

I specifically need to find a reactor with a thermal neutron flux and minimal gamma flux. 

I know it's a long-shot but does anyone know any information that can help?  I'd really appreciate any advice or any suggestions on where to look.

Thanks,  James.

Hi James

Well I work in a comercial NPP in southern Germany. And the only research reactors i know of in Germany are the reactors in Jülich (near Aachen) and Garching (near Munich)The others we had are decommissioned. I hope I could help you out

Bob

Title: Re: Research Reactors in Europe
Post by: Nuclear Professor on Nov 14, 2004, 10:14

Hi James
There is a huge number of research reactors in Europe, here is a small list of operating reactors.

Ned Xoubi
Nuclear Engineer

Country   Facility Name   Thermal Power (kW)   Type
France   CABRI   25,000.00   POOL
France   EOLE   0.10   TANK IN POOL
France   HFR   58,300.00   HEAVY WATER
France   ISIS   700.00   POOL
France   MASURCA   3.00   CRIT FAST
France   MINERVE   0.10   POOL
France   ORPHEE   14,000.00   POOL
France   OSIRIS   70,000.00   POOL
France   PHEBUS   40,000.00   POOL
France   PHENIX   563,000.00   FAST BREEDER
France   PILE AZUR   0.10   CRIT ASSEMBLY
France   SCARABEE   100,000.00   POOL
France   SILENE   1.00   HOMOG (L)
France   STRASBOURG- RONENBOURG   100.00   ARGONAUT
France   ULYSSE   100.00   ARGONAUT
France   ZOE (EL-1)   100.00   HEAVY WATER
Germany   AKR   0.00   HOMOG (S)
Germany   BER-II   10,000.00   POOL
Germany   FRG-1   5,000.00   POOL
Germany   FRJ-2 (DIDO)   23,000.00   HEAVY WATER
Germany   FRM II   20,000.00   POOL
Germany   FRMZ   100.00   TRIGA MARK II
Belgium   BR-1   4,000.00   GRAPHITE
Belgium   BR-2   100,000.00   TANK
Belgium   BR-3   40,900.00   PWR POWER
Belgium   THETIS RR-BN-1   250.00   POOL
Belgium   BR-1   4,000.00   GRAPHITE
Austria   SAR-GRAZ   10.00   ARGONAUT
Austria   TRIGA II VIENNA   250.00   TRIGA MARK II

Title: Re: Research Reactors in Europe
Post by: DecommMan on Nov 23, 2004, 09:17

Hey - hang on - just go to the IAEA database of research reactors !  Its on line and has a fair amount of technical detail there.

http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/rrdb/

IAEA has a wealth of free (on-line) resources available including reports for the technical community. 8)

Title: Re: Research Reactors in Europe
Post by: DecommMan on Feb 09, 2006, 01:03

Wiukipedia also has a listing of these too, but its not as good a sthe IAEA one.