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LIDO

LIDO, a research reactor (pool) in Didcot, United Kingdom, with 300 kW of thermal power, operated by Atomic Energy Research Establishment. Decommissioned, first critical in 1956.

It was one of the 46 research reactors the United Kingdom has had; 1 remains in operation today. It went critical 9 years after the first research reactor in the United Kingdom, GLEEP (1947). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

United Kingdom

City

Didcot

Type

Pool

Thermal power

300 kW

Operator

Atomic Energy Research Establishment

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1956

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