United Kingdom · Billingham · 54.610, -1.270

ICI TRIGA Reactor

ICI TRIGA Reactor, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Billingham, United Kingdom, with 250 kW of thermal power, operated by ICI Tracerco. Decommissioned, first critical in 1971.

It was one of the 46 research reactors the United Kingdom has had; 1 remains in operation today. It went critical 24 years after the first research reactor in the United Kingdom, GLEEP (1947). 36 TRIGA reactors remain in operation today across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

United Kingdom

City

Billingham

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

250 kW

Operator

ICI Tracerco

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1971

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