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Rossendorf Research Reactor (RFR)

Россендорфский исследовательский реактор (ВВР-С)
GermanyДрезден (Россендорф)1956–1957Industrial sites
The first nuclear reactor of the GDR, at the Central Institute for Nuclear Physics in Rossendorf. Under a 1955 USSR–GDR agreement the Soviet side supplied the design documentation and main equipment of a 2 MW WWR-S research reactor and a cyclotron, while the German side carried out the construction. The reactor first went critical on 14 December 1957 and operated until 1991.
Первый ядерный реактор ГДР в Центральном институте ядерной физики в Россендорфе. По соглашению СССР и ГДР 1955 года советская сторона поставила проектную документацию и основное оборудование исследовательского реактора типа ВВР-С мощностью 2 МВт и циклотрон; немецкая сторона выполнила строительные работы. Реактор впервые достиг критичности 14 декабря 1957 года и работал до 1991 года.

Property abroad

EraUSSR
FunctionResearch station
Present ownerFree State of Saxony (VKTA — Strahlenschutz, Analytik & Entsorgung Rossendorf e. V.)
Acquisitionbuilt, 1957
StatusSold, transferred or lost
As of2019-09
The reactor was shut down in 1991; according to Radio Dresden (19 September 2019), dismantling of the facility has been completed and nuclear regulatory supervision has ended.

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