United Kingdom · Dorchester · 50.684, -2.269

Dragon

Dragon, a research reactor (other) in Dorchester, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of thermal power, operated by AEE Winfrith. Shut down, first critical in 1964.

It was one of the 46 research reactors the United Kingdom has had; 1 remains in operation today. It went critical 17 years after the first research reactor in the United Kingdom, GLEEP (1947).

Country

United Kingdom

City

Dorchester

Type

Other

Thermal power

20 MW

Operator

AEE Winfrith

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1964

See also: every research reactor in United Kingdom · How research reactors work