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Zenith reactor

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1959. Zero Energy Reactor Hall, Service Buildings and Apprentices School.
1959. Diagram of Zenith, General Electric Co
1959. Top of Core of Zenith Reactor.
1959. Exponential Experiments on the Zenith Core.
1961.
1961. Fisson counter being inserted into the "Zenith" core.

A "zero-energy" high temperature gas cooled reactor from which the Dragon reactor was developed.[1] It was built and commissioned by GEC. Pipelines were installed to carry the radioactive effluent out to sea.[2] This was the first reactor completed at the Winfrith Heath establishment.


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times Mar. 24, 1959
  2. ↑ The Times July 8, 1959
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