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MERLIN

MERLIN, a research reactor (pool) in Aldermaston, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by Assoiated Electrical Industries. Decommissioned, first critical in 1959.

It was one of the 46 research reactors the United Kingdom has had; 1 remains in operation today. It went critical 12 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

Aldermaston

Type

Pool

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

Assoiated Electrical Industries

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1959

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