The research reactor TRIGA Mainz – a strong and versatile neutron source for science and education
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Klaus Eberhardt
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Christopher Geppert
Abstract
The TRIGA Mark II-reactor at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is one of three research reactors in Germany. The TRIGA Mainz became first critical on August 3rd, 1965. It can be operated in the steady state mode with a maximum power of 100 kWth and in the pulse mode with a peak power of 250 MWth and a pulse length of 30 ms. The TRIGA Mainz is equipped with a central thimble, a rotary specimen rack, three pneumatic transfer systems, four beam tubes, and a graphite thermal column. The TRIGA Mainz is intensively used both for basic and applied research in nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics. Two sources for ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) are operational at two beam ports. At a third beam port a Penning-Trap for highly precise mass measurements of exotic nuclides is installed. Education and training is another main field of activity. Here, various courses in nuclear and radiochemistry, reactor operation and reactor physics are held for scientists, advanced students, engineers, and technicians utilizing the TRIGA Mainz reactor.
Dedicated to the memory of Professor Günter Herrmann.
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- Preface
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Günter Herrmann (1925–2017): A tribute to his research and organizational achievements
- The research reactor TRIGA Mainz – a strong and versatile neutron source for science and education
- Copper-catalyzed click reactions: quantification of retained copper using 64Cu-spiked Cu(I), exemplified for CuAAC reactions on liposomes
- Reactions of fission products from a 252Cf source with NO and mixtures of NO and CO in an inert gas
- From SRAFAP to ARCA and AIDA – developments and implementation of automated aqueous-phase rapid chemistry apparatuses for heavy actinides and transactinides
- Production and study of chemical properties of superheavy elements
- Precise ground state properties of the heaviest elements for studies of their atomic and nuclear structure
- Modeling the sorption of Np(V) on Na-montmorillonite – effects of pH, ionic strength and CO2
- Determination of complex formation constants of neptunium(V) with propionate and lactate in 0.5–2.6 m NaCl solutions at 22–60°C using a solvent extraction technique
- Nuclear forensics on uranium fuel pellets
- Recent developments in resonance ionization mass spectrometry for ultra-trace analysis of actinide elements
- Measurement of the laser resonance ionization efficiency for lutetium
