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Interior of the Atomic egg will be removed

Allgemein | 11.06.2014

The Atomic egg has been out of commission since 2000. Now, the Technische Universität München got the licence to dismantle the first research reactor of Germany.

Only the interior of the Atomic Egg will be dismantled. Photo: Eckert/Heddergott, TUM
Only the interior of the Atomic Egg will be dismantled. Photo: Eckert/Heddergott, TUM

11.06.2014

As a historic building, the outer shell of the Egg will stay untouched, only the interiors will be removed step by step. "We check every single piece for radioactivity", says Dr. Anton Kastenmüller, Technical Director of the FRM II. The fuel elements were removed in 2002 and disposed.

Kastenmüller assumes costs of several million Euros and a duration of the dismanteling from 10 to 15 years. Afterwards, the building will be used as a laboratory, for storage or even as prolongation of the existing neutron guide hall west.


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