DIDO
DIDO was a materials testing nuclear reactor at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. It used enriched uranium metal fuel, and heavy water as both neutron moderator and primary coolant.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include PLUTO reactor and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
PLUTO reactor
Building
PLUTO was a materials testing nuclear reactor housed at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, a former Royal Air Force airfield at Harwell, Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. PLUTO reactor is situated 660 feet northwest of DIDO.
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Research institute
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The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is one of the national scientific research laboratories in the UK operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is situated 2,000 feet east of DIDO.
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Industrial building
Photo: Sandig, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The ISIS Neutron and Muon Source is a pulsed neutron and muon source, established 1984 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory of the Science and Technology Facilities Council, on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. ISIS Neutron and Muon Source is situated 2,000 feet northeast of DIDO.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chilton and West Ginge.
Chilton
Village
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chilton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles southwest of Didcot. The parish is a historic part of Berkshire, though under the 1974 local government boundary changes was transferred to the administration of Oxfordshire.
West Ginge
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Ginge is a hamlet within the civil parish of Ardington in the English county of Oxfordshire, 3.9 miles by road to the southeast of Wantage. West Ginge is immediately next to the hamlet of East Ginge, which is contained within the parish of West Hendred. West Ginge is situated 1½ miles northwest of DIDO.
West Ilsley
Village
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Ilsley is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. The population of the village at the 2011 Census was 332. West Ilsley is situated 2 miles south of DIDO.
DIDO
- Type: Building
- Description: nuclear reactor at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment
- Category: heavy water reactor
- Location: Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.56878° or 51° 34′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.32551° or 1° 19′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C3WHM9F+GQOpenStreetMap ID
way 529761547OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q1153639
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