FR 2

First reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... in the Federal Republic of Germany built on the basis of a national concept and independently in the Research Centre Karlsruhe. The FR 2 was a D₂O-moderated and cooled research reactorA nuclear reactor designed mainly for generation of high ... using UO₂ enriched to 2% as a fuelSee 'nuclear fuel'. and with a power of 44 MWMegawatt, million times the power unit of watt (W). 1 MW = 1.... The reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... entered operation on 7th March 1961. Following 20 years of operation without considerable malfunctions the FR 2 was finally shutdown on 21st Dec. 1981. The aim of the decommissioning measure – the safe inclusion of the reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... unit – and the disassembly of all residual systems was reached in November 1996.