5.1 R1

13 July 1954 Sweden's first nuclear reactor, r1, was started in a reactor hall built directly under KTH. Considering that it lived over 40 000 humans within a 1 km radius of the reactor it was probably one of the worst locations possible to choose. However, the radiation dangers to the public were considered negligible at the time. Having the reactor close to Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien (the Academy of Engineering Science) and the politicians was considered more important, as Sweden was perusing a nuclear weapon program. The reactor was finally shut down 1970, but some parts of it still remain.

6 Noted Royal Institute of Technology alumni

• Baltzar von Platen
• Carl Munters
• Ivar Kreuger
• Ernst Alexanderson
• Christer Fuglesang
• Dolph Lundgren

• Richard Stallman, Honorary Doctorate
• Bill Gates, Honorary Doctorate

7 Noted Royal Institute of Technology faculty

• Hannes Alfvén, Nobel PrizeList of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s External links Official site (source for all citatio laureate
• Kai SiegbahnKai Manne Borje Siegbahn (born April 20, 1918) is a Swedish physicist. He earned his doctorate at the University of Stockholm in 1944. He shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Schawlow for their work in spectroscopy., Nobel PrizeList of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s External links Official site (source for all citatio laureate
• Rolf SchockRolf Schock ( 1933- 1986), philosopher and artist, was born in France by German parents. His parents that had left Germany in 1931, would eventually settle in the United States, where Rolf would go on to study geology and psychology, with mathematics as a
• Arne KaijserArne Kaijser is a professor of the History of Science and Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Lately, Arne has been occupied with the history of Large Technical Systems, just like Thomas P. Kaijser, Arne.

8 See also

• Chalmers University of TechnologyChalmers University of Technology or Chalmers tekniska hogskola is a university in Gothenburg, Sweden. History Founded in 1829 following a donation by William Chalmers, a director of the Swedish East India Company, and being run as a private institution u
• Stockholm University
• List of universities in Sweden

9 External links

• Royal Institute of Technology - Official site

Swedish universities

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