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| Country | Norway |
| Region | Østlandet |
| County | Akershus |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Kjeller is a village located nearLillestrøm in the municipality ofLillestrøm,Norway. It is located 25 kilometers north-east ofOslo.
TheNorse form of the name was probablyTjaldir. This is then theplural oftjald n 'tent'. The hills around the farm (Kjellerhaugen and others) might have been compared in form with tents.
Kjeller contains:
Historically, Kjeller has also been the location for a smallaircraft factory. TheTelenor Research Centre was located in Kjeller until 2001, when the majority of employees moved toFornebu on 23 November. Akershus University College was opened in autumn 2003 at Telenor's previous location. Approximately 3700 students attend the university.
The array atNORSAR was one of the first European nodes of theARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.[1]
The nuclear reactor at Kjeller, opened on November 28, 1951 was the first reactor outside theUS,Soviet Union,Canada,Great Britain andFrance. It was a joint project by the Dutch and Norwegian governments. The Netherlands supplied the uranium and Norway theheavy water. The nuclear reactor is used in scientific research and is together with a nuclear reactor inHalden Norway's only two nuclear reactors. Neither of them is in commercial use.
On 9 September 2006, the reactor suffered a "contained" leak which forced it to shut down for three weeks for repairs.[2][3][4]
Its operating license expires at the end of 2018.[1] In 2020 it was estimated dismantling theHalden and Kjeller research reactors and restoring the sites to unrestricted use will cost aboutNOK20 billion (US$2 billion) and take 20 to 25 years.[5]
59°59′N11°02′E / 59.983°N 11.033°E /59.983; 11.033
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