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Windscale AGR

Windscale AGR, a research reactor (graphite) in Seascale, United Kingdom, with 120 MW of thermal power, operated by Windscale Works. Decommissioned, first critical in 1962.

It was one of the 46 research reactors the United Kingdom has had; 1 remains in operation today. It went critical 15 years after the first research reactor in the United Kingdom, GLEEP (1947). 4 graphite-moderated research reactors remain in operation today across 3 countries.

Country

United Kingdom

City

Seascale

Type

Graphite

Thermal power

120 MW

Operator

Windscale Works

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1962

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