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NESTOR

NESTOR, a research reactor (other) in Didcot, United Kingdom, with 30 kW of thermal power, operated by Atomic Energy Research Establishment. Decommissioned, first critical in 1961.

It was one of the 46 research reactors the United Kingdom has had; 1 remains in operation today. It went critical 14 years after the first research reactor in the United Kingdom, GLEEP (1947).

Country

United Kingdom

City

Didcot

Type

Other

Thermal power

30 kW

Operator

Atomic Energy Research Establishment

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1961

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