Kjeller
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Kjeller is located near Lillestrøm
in the municipality of Skedsmo
, Norway
. It is located 25 kilometers north of Oslo
.
of tjald n 'tent
'. The hills around the farm (Kjellerhaugen and others) might have been compared in form with tents.
Historically, Kjeller has also been the location for a small aircraft
factory. The Telenor
Research Centre was located in Kjeller until 2001, when the majority of employees moved to Fornebu
on 23 November. Akershus University College was opened in autumn 2003 at Telenor's previous location. Approximately 3700 students attend the university.
, Soviet Union
) and Canada
, Great Britain
, France
. It was a joint project by the Dutch and Norwegian governments. The Netherlands supplied the uranium and Norway the heavy water
. The nuclear reactor is used in scientific research and is together with a nuclear reactor in Halden
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.
Lillestrøm
' is a city in the municipality of Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway. The municipal administration is located in Lillestrøm.Facilities in Lillestrøm include hotels, Norway trade fairs, a brand new cinema, a mall, Lillestrøm torv, restaurants, a high speed commuter train that reaches both Oslo and...
in the municipality of Skedsmo
Skedsmo
Skedsmo is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillestrøm. About one third of the municipal population lives in Lillestrøm. Other important towns are Skedsmokorset, Skjetten and...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is located 25 kilometers north of Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
.
The name
The Norse form of the name was probably Tjaldir. This is then the pluralPlural
In linguistics, plurality or [a] plural is a concept of quantity representing a value of more-than-one. Typically applied to nouns, a plural word or marker is used to distinguish a value other than the default quantity of a noun, which is typically one...
of tjald n 'tent
Tent
A tent is a shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over or attached to a frame of poles or attached to a supporting rope. While smaller tents may be free-standing or attached to the ground, large tents are usually anchored using guy ropes tied to stakes or tent pegs...
'. The hills around the farm (Kjellerhaugen and others) might have been compared in form with tents.
Facilities
Kjeller contains:- Kjeller AirportKjeller AirportKjeller Airport is a military and general aviation airport located in Kjeller, Norway, near Lillestrøm and east northeast of Oslo. It has facilities for carrying out maintenance for aircraft belonging to the Royal Norwegian Air Force....
- Norwegian Defence Logistic Organization (FLO)
- The Norwegian Defence Research EstablishmentNorwegian Defence Research EstablishmentThe Norwegian Defence Research Establishment is a research institute that conducts research and development on behalf of the Norwegian Armed Forces and provides expert advice to political and military defence leaders...
(FFI) - The Institute for Energy TechnologyInstitute for Energy TechnologyInstitute for Energy Technology was established in 1948 as the Institute for Nuclear Energy . The name was changed in 1980. Its main office is at Kjeller, Norway, and slightly under half of the institute’s activities are based in Halden...
(IFE), including one of Norway's two nuclear research reactors. - Norwegian Institute for Air Research
- The Norwegian Standardisation Bureau
- UNIKUNIKThe University Graduate Center is a research foundation at Kjeller in Norway. UNIK has four focus areas* ,* Electronics and Photonics* Cybernetics and Industrial Mathematics* Energy and the Environment...
(University Graduate Center) - Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied SciencesOslo and Akershus University College of Applied SciencesOslo and Akershus University College , Norwegian: Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus is the largest state university college in Norway, with more than 16,000 students and approx. 1600 employees...
- NORSARNORSARNORSAR or Norwegian Seismic Array was established in 1968 as part of the Norwegian-US agreement for the detection of earthquakes and nuclear explosions. NORSAR was the first non-US site included in ARPANET in 1973...
(Norwegian Seismic Array)
Historically, Kjeller has also been the location for a small aircraft
Aircraft
An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet. An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines.Although...
factory. The Telenor
Telenor
Telenor Group is the incumbent telecommunications company in Norway, with headquarters located at Fornebu, close to Oslo. Today, Telenor Group is mostly an international wireless carrier with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia, working predominantly under the Telenor brand...
Research Centre was located in Kjeller until 2001, when the majority of employees moved to Fornebu
Fornebu
Fornebu is a peninsular area in the suburban municipality of Bærum in Norway, bordering western parts of Oslo.Oslo Airport, Fornebu served as the main airport for Oslo and the country since before WWII and until the evening of October 7, 1998, when it was closed down...
on 23 November. Akershus University College was opened in autumn 2003 at Telenor's previous location. Approximately 3700 students attend the university.
Nuclear reactor
The nuclear reactor at Kjeller, opened on November 28, 1951 was the first reactor outside the two superpowers (the USUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
) and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It was a joint project by the Dutch and Norwegian governments. The Netherlands supplied the uranium and Norway the heavy water
Heavy water
Heavy water is water highly enriched in the hydrogen isotope deuterium; e.g., heavy water used in CANDU reactors is 99.75% enriched by hydrogen atom-fraction...
. The nuclear reactor is used in scientific research and is together with a nuclear reactor in Halden
Halden
is a both a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the Tista river delta on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden.-History:...
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.