Organisation: Technische Universität München
Installation:
FRM-II, started operation in 03/2003
Type:
pool reactor, 20 MW compact core (HEU), Øth=8·1014
n/cm²s, D2O-reflector
Address:
Reaktorstation
85748 Garching, Germany
Home
page:
http://www.frm2.tu-muenchen.de/
Contact:
Dr. Ingo Neuhaus
Phone
/ fax:
+49 89 289 1-2183,
fax: -2191
e-mail:
ingo.neuhaus@frm2.tum.de
Secretary:
-2154
CNS:
one, operation scheduled in 2003
moderator:
D2 + 5% H2
temperature:
25 K
eff.
volume:
15 L
phase:
liquid
pressure:
150 kPa
power:
5000 W
material:
chamber: Al 6061
vacuum thimble:
Zircaloy
refrigerator
Linde, 2 turbines, 1 screw compressor,
500 kW(el.)
heat
removal: gravitational
(single tube thermal siphon)
remarks:
N2 liner, low
pressure metal hydride storage
reactor has to stop in case of CNS failure
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recent
publications:
ICANS-XV (Tsukuba 2000): 21.8 and 23.18,
Proc. IGORR8
(Munich 2001): E. Gutsmiedl et al. p.175, 297,
IGORR10 (at
NIST): "The FRM-II Hot and Cold Neutron Source"
by Christian Müller, Erwin Gutsmiedl, A. Röhrmoser, A. Scheuer, & al.
Symposium in Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of HANARO
Daejeon, Korea, April 2005: "Commissioning of the
Cold Source at the FRM-II"
by E. Gutsmiedl, &al.
"Special Constructional Design Features of Cold
and Hot Neutron Source and Confirmation/
Verification during Commissioning of the
Hot and Cold Neutron Source at the FRM-II"
by E.
Gutsmiedl, C. Müller, D. Päthe, and A. Scheuer at IGORR10 (NIST 2005).
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UCN
group around Prof.
Stephan Paul (stephan.paul@physik.tu-muenchen.de):
Project "mini-D2":
Solid deuterium cooled to He-temperature, now (2006) no longer on a cold neutron
beam position close to the CNS, but in a through-going beam tube (SR6), contact:
Dr. Erwin Gutsmiedl (erwin.gutsmiedl@frm2.tum.de)
co-workers: Igor Altarev, Joachim Hartmann, Wolfgang Schott, et al.
Home page: http://www.e18.physik.tu-muenchen.de/research/ucn/minid2/
recent
publications: ECNS2007
(Lund): "Production and Physics with Ultra Cold Neutrons"
by Axel Müller, Igor Altarev, Erwin Gutsmiedl, Joachim Hartmann, & al.
"PENeLOPE and AbEx - towards a precise neutron lifetime measurement"
by I. Altarev, & al. at the 5th UCN/CN Workshop in Peterhof (RU) 2005.
"Constructional
design of the Ultra cold Neutron source of the FRM II"
by A. Scheuer et.al. at the
5th UCN/CN Workshop in Peterhof (RU) 2005.
"The very cold beam on
MIRA at the Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II)"
by R. Georgii (private communication, bibliography on ottosix site).
"Fundamental Neutron Physics at the Eastern Neutron Guide Hall of the
FRM-II" by
I. Altarev, A. Frei, E.
Gutsmiedl, F.J. Hartmann, & al., 2006 (private
communication, bibliography on ottosix site).
"PENeLOPE: On the
way towards a precise neutron lifetime measurement"
by R. Picker at the 6th UCN/CN Workshop in Russia 2007.