Decommissioning Research Reactor BER II
Facts and figures
- Year: 1972, reopening after renovation and approval: 1991
- Termination of the operation: December 2019 (decision of the HZB supervisory board)
- 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:
- 10 megawatts of thermal power
- about 2x 1014 neutrons per square centimetre and second in the core - Fuel elements: 24 standard 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 neutron absorbers
- Reflector: 32 cm beryllium jacket
