Paul Scherrer Institute
🇨🇭 Villigen, CH · Active
Also known as PSI
The Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen describes itself as the largest research institute for natural and engineering sciences in Switzerland, with 2,300 employees and an annual budget of CHF 450 million. It is part of the ETH Domain. Its nuclear work, on nuclear materials and reactor physics, sits in its Center for Nuclear Engineering and Sciences. It operates Switzerland's large accelerator facilities, including the SINQ spallation neutron source, the Swiss Light Source and SwissFEL.
- Sector
- Fission
- Role
- National laboratory, Research institute
It is the operator of record for PROTEUS (decommissioned), DIORIT (decommissioned) and SAPHIR (decommissioned).
Design values
| Device | Parameter | Value | Unit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIORIT | Thermal capacity (rated) | 30 | MW | design valueclaimed |
| PROTEUS | Thermal capacity (rated) | 0.001 | MW | design valueclaimed |
| SAPHIR | Thermal capacity (rated) | 10 | MW | design valueclaimed |
Devices
Related companies
Sources
- PSI in briefoperator