- Kjeller
Kjeller is located near
Lillestrøm in the municipality ofSkedsmo ,Norway . It is located 25 kilometers north ofOslo .Kjeller contains:
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Kjeller Airport
*Norwegian Defence Logistic Organization ("FLO")
*TheNorwegian Defense Research Establishment ("FFI")
*TheInstitute for Energy Technology ("IFE"), including one of Norway's two nuclear research reactors.
*Norwegian Institute for Air Research
*TheNorwegian Standardisation Bureau
*UNIK (University Graduate Center)
*Akershus University College
*NORSAR (Norwegian Seismic Array)Historically, Kjeller has also been the location for a small
aircraft factory. TheTelenor Research Centre was located in Kjeller until2001 , when the majority of employees moved toFornebu on 23rd of November. Akershus University College was opened in autumn2003 at Telenor's previous location. Approximately 3700 students attend the university.The nuclear reactor at Kjeller, opened on November 28,
1951 was the first reactor outside the two superpowers (the US,Soviet Union ) andCanada ,Great Britain ,France . It was a joint project by the Dutch and Norwegian governments. The Netherlands supplied the uranium and Norway theheavy water .On
9 September ,2006 , the reactor suffered a "contained" leak which forced it to shut down for three weeks for repairs. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/09/norway.nuclear.ap/] [http://www.ife.no/ife_news/2006/hendelsen_2006-09-20-funnet_feil/view?set_language=en] [http://www.blather.net/north/archives/2007/09/can_someone_please_explain_the_kjeller_i.html]
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