The new high-flux neutron sourceFacility to generate free neutrons. FRM-II is constructed as a reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... to replace the Munich Research ReactorA nuclear reactor designed mainly for generation of high ... FRMForschungsreaktor München is a light-water-moderated pool-t... which has been in operation since 1957. Based on its sophisticated technical concept, the FRM-II will achieve a useable neutronUncharged elementary particle with a mass of 1.67492716 ·10... flux 50 times higher at a reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... power (20 MWMegawatt, million times the power unit of watt (W). 1 MW = 1...) five times higher than that of the FRMForschungsreaktor München is a light-water-moderated pool-t.... A large-scale heavy-water-moderator tank is used to establish this high flux in a considerably greater usable volume and practically only by slow neutrons which are particularly well suited for utilization.
The FRMForschungsreaktor München is a light-water-moderated pool-t... II is optimized for neutronUncharged elementary particle with a mass of 1.67492716 ·10... scatteringProcess whereby collision with another particle or particle ... experiments at beam tubes and neutronUncharged elementary particle with a mass of 1.67492716 ·10... guides. Furthermore, there are irradiation facilities, for example to produce medically used radioisotopes (as Lu-177), and a tumour treatment facility.
The reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... has been out of operation since March 2019, because of the lack of needed fuelSee 'nuclear fuel'., which may not be delivered due to changed regulations.
Framatome and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) recently started the commercial development of uranium-molybdenum fuelSee 'nuclear fuel'. (UMo) for nuclear research reactors, like the FRMForschungsreaktor München is a light-water-moderated pool-t... II