Kjeller

Kjeller
—  Village  —
Country	Norway
Region	Østlandet
County	Akershus
District
Municipality
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code

Kjeller is located near Lillestrøm in the municipality of Skedsmo, Norway. It is located 25 kilometers north of Oslo.

The name

The Norse form of the name was probably Tjaldir. This is then the plural of tjald n 'tent'. The hills around the farm (Kjellerhaugen and others) might have been compared in form with tents.

Facilities

Kjeller contains:

• Kjeller Airport
• Norwegian Defence Logistic Organization (FLO)
• The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)
• The Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), including one of Norway's two nuclear research reactors.
• Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• The Norwegian Standardisation Bureau
• UNIK (University Graduate Center)
• Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
• NORSAR (Norwegian Seismic Array)

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.

Nuclear reactor

The nuclear reactor at Kjeller, opened on November 28, 1951 was the first reactor outside the two superpowers (the US, 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.