Reactor specifications

• Type: open, light water moderated swimming pool reactor
• Pool measurements: 200 m³ water capacity, two pools each 3.5 m in diameter and 11 m deep linked by a channel 2 m wide
• Delivery:

1. more than 10¹⁴ neutrons per square centimetre and second in the core
2. 10 megawatts of thermal power

• Fuel elements: 24 full elements each with 322 g of U-235 and 6 elements for receiving the control rods each with 238 g of U-235
• Control rods: 6 control rods (neutron absorbers)
• Reflector: 32 cm beryllium jacket
• Beam holes: 9 beam holes (experimental hall)
• Neutron guides: 5 neutron guides for 8 trial setups (trial hall)
• Irradiation devices: 4 – and fast rabbit tube system for beam hole

Figure right hand: Range scales of structural research at the HZB research reactor