Facts & Figures
| Science | |
| Start of user operation | April 29, 2005 |
| Number of visting scientists | about 1200 per year |
| Number of scientific experiments | about 1200 per year |
| Number of non-scientific visitors | about 3000 per year |
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Operation | |
| Thermal power | 20 Megawatt |
| Reactor cycle length | 60 days |
| Number of cycles | normally 4 per year |
| Operating days | 240 days per year |
| Maximum neutron flux | 8 · 1014 neutrons/cm2 s-1 |
| Groundbraking ceremony | August 1, 1996 |
| First neutrons | March 2, 2004 |
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Costs / Staff | |
| Budget including staff costs (FRM II and MLZ) | 55 million € per year |
| Costs for a fuel element (without disposal) | 1 million € |
| Construction costs of the FRM II | 435 million € |
| Number of employees on the ground of FRM II | about 400, including 130 scientists |
| External funding from industry | about 1,1 million € per year |