Found objects

Found objects from 60 years

  • Bleikugel in graviertem Kunststoff

    1977

    AVR memorabilia: a coated (unused) spherical fuel element for the high-temperature reactor operated by AVR (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor GmbH). The inscription says "Ten years of power generation. 1967 - 1977".

  • The KFA band treats patients at the Institute of Medicine clinic to an al fresco concert.

    1984

    The KFA band treats patients at the Institute of Medicine clinic to an al fresco concert.

  • Employees in the mailroom in1965

    1965

    Mailroom

  • Policemen on motorbikes

    1967

    High security: this police escort was photographed during the visit by the Shah of Iran to the former KFA.

  • film prize and film role

    1982

    The KFA is awarded the film prize of the "Wirtschaftsfilmtage Salzburg" for its documentary film "Weightless Spies". The 35 millimetre film shows how radionuclides are used in medicine.

  • Edition of the Jülicher Nachrichten of that day

    11th June 1958

    This edition of the local newspaper "Jülicher Nachrichten" was placed in the foundation stone of the MERLIN research reactor. When the reactor was dismantled nearly 50 years later, the newspaper was recovered.

  • Employee at desk with files in the background.

    1959

    Files containing the paperwork necessary for licensing the MERLIN research reactor.

  • Molten metal suspended in a magnetic field

    1990

    Molten metal suspended in a magnetic field, Institute of Solid State Research, c. 1990

  • Frosted sample containers

    1995

    Frosted sample containers in the environmental specimen bank at ICH 4

  • TITAN electron microscope

    2007

    TITAN electron microscope

  • Two twelve-pole elements of a prototype microscope

    2000

    Two twelve-pole elements of a prototype microscope. Their function is to correct spherical abberation.

  • Glimpse of the sky from inside the MERLIN research reactor

    2008

    Glimpse of the sky from inside the MERLIN research reactor which was dismantled and a green-field site reconstructed.

  • garlic, sensor module and computer chips

    2002

    Garlic sensor: biological sensor made in Jülich. This sensor can detect the beneficial consitutents not only of garlic, but also of other related plants.

  • A sample is placed in a red heated oven.

    2015

    Work on a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC): a sample is placed in an oven at the Institute of Energy and Climate Research.

  • Red big spiral with reflecting stack elements

    2014

    Artwork in front of the PET Centre for brain research.

  • Draft of courtyard model in the style of a Roman bath.

    1960ies

    One of the architectual drafts for the courtyard of the central library featured a design reminiscent of a Roman bath. The centre of the design focuses on a sphere.

  • Triumphal column

    1960

    One architectural design for the KFA featured a triumphal column. According to the draft, it would have been placed at the main entrance.