Forschungsreaktor München is a light-water-moderated pool-type research reactor put into operation on 31st Oct. 1957 as the first reactor in Germany. Final shutdown to prepare decommissioning has been on 28th July 2000.

The Technical University of Munich has received approval to dismantle Germany’s first research reactor on 2014. The time for dismantling has been estimated to be 10 to 15 years