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QMC Subcritical Assembly

QMC Subcritical Assembly, a research reactor (subcritical assembly) in London, United Kingdom, operated by Nuclear Engineering Department. 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). 20 subcritical assemblies remain in operation today across 13 countries. Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements.

Country

United Kingdom

City

London

Type

Subcritical assembly

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Nuclear Engineering Department

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1959

Purpose

Nuclear data

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