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[[Image:Imv208-p043.jpg |thumb|1959. Zero Energy Reactor Hall, Service Buildings and Apprentices School.]] | [[Image:Imv208-p043.jpg |thumb|1959. Zero Energy Reactor Hall, Service Buildings and Apprentices School.]] | ||
[[Image:Imv208-p045.jpg |thumb|1959. Diagram of | [[Image:Imv208-p045.jpg |thumb|1959. Diagram of [[Zenith reactor|Zenith]], [[GEC: Electricity Generation and Transmission|General Electric Co]] ]] | ||
[[Image:Imv208-p044a.jpg |thumb|1959. Top of Core of '''Zenith''' Reactor.]] | [[Image:Imv208-p044a.jpg |thumb|1959. Top of Core of '''Zenith''' Reactor.]] | ||
[[Image:Imv208-p044.jpg |thumb|1959. Exponential Experiments on the '''Zenith''' Core.]] | [[Image:Imv208-p044.jpg |thumb|1959. Exponential Experiments on the '''Zenith''' Core.]] | ||
[[image:Im1961EnV211-p016eea.jpg |thumb| 1961. Graphite block being uploaded from the "Scorpio II".]] | [[image:Im1961EnV211-p016eea.jpg |thumb| 1961. Graphite block being uploaded from the "Scorpio II".]] | ||
[[image:Im1961EnV211-p016eeb.jpg |thumb| 1961. | [[image:Im1961EnV211-p016eeb.jpg |thumb| 1961. Fission counter being inserted into the "Zenith" core.]] | ||
[[image:Im1961EnV211-p016eec.jpg|thumb| 1961. Aerial view of Winfrith.]] | [[image:Im1961EnV211-p016eec.jpg|thumb| 1961. Aerial view of Winfrith.]] | ||
[[image:Im1963EnV216-p084a.jpg |thumb| 1963. SGHW.]] | [[image:Im1963EnV216-p084a.jpg |thumb| 1963. SGHW.]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:23, 6 March 2025
Winfrith Newburgh, near Dorchester Dorset.
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority site, opened in 1958 and used for nuclear reactor research and development.[1]
1959 The first reactor to be commissioned at Winfrith was the "zero-energy" high temperature reactor, Zenith
Winfrith was also the site of the prototype Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor and the Dragon high temperature reactor
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