AVR reactor
The AVR reactor was a prototype pebble-bed reactor, located immediately adjacent to Jülich Research Centre in West Germany, constructed in 1960, grid connected in 1967 and shut down in 1988.Photo: Maurice van Bruggen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: prototype nuclear reactor in Germany
- Also known as: “AVR Reactor”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Schloss Hambach and St. Stephanus (Selgersdorf).
Schloss Hambach
Castle
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Schloss Hambach is a castle, which is situated 1½ km east of AVR reactor.
St. Stephanus (Selgersdorf)
Church
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St. Stephanus (Selgersdorf) is a church, which is situated 2 km southwest of AVR reactor.
Burg Obbendorf
Hotel
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Burg Obbendorf is a hotel, which is situated 2 km southeast of AVR reactor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hambach and Niederzier.
Niederzier
Village
Photo: Maximilian Schönherr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Niederzier is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 10 km north of Düren, and 10 km south-east of Jülich. Niederzier is situated 4 km southeast of AVR reactor.
Selhausen
Village
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Selhausen is a village, which is situated 4½ km south of AVR reactor.
AVR reactor
- Categories: nuclear power plant and industry
- Location: Jülich, Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“AVR reactor” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “AVR反应堆”
- Chinese: “AVR反應堆”
- Chinese: “煤球炉式反应堆”
- Chinese: “煤球爐式反應堆”
- Dutch: “Onderzoekskerncentrale Julich”
- Dutch: “Onderzoekskerncentrale Jülich”
- German: “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor”
- German: “AVR (Jülich)”
- German: “AVR Jülich”
- German: “AVR”
- Italian: “reattore AVR”
- Japanese: “AVR (原子炉)”
- Polish: “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor”
- Russian: “АЭС Юлих”
- Russian: “Экспериментальная АЭС Юлих”
- Swedish: “AVR (reaktor)”
- Swedish: “AVR”
- Ukrainian: “Юліхська експериментальна АЕС”
- Ukrainian: “Юліхський дослідний ядерний реактор”
Localities in the Area
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