PLUTO reactor
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Building
- Description: materials testing nuclear reactor at Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “PLUTO”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include DIDO and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
DIDO
Building
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. DIDO is situated 660 feet southeast of PLUTO reactor.
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 2,400 feet east of PLUTO reactor.
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 2,200 feet northeast of PLUTO reactor.
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 PLUTO reactor.
East Hendred
Village
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East Hendred is a village and civil parish about 4 miles east of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse and a similar distance west of Didcot. The village is on East Hendred Brook, which flows from the Berkshire Downs to join the River Thames at Sutton Courtenay. East Hendred is situated 2 miles north of PLUTO reactor.
PLUTO reactor
Latitude
51.56968° or 51° 34′ 11″ northLongitude
-1.32802° or 1° 19′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C3WHM9C+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 529761549OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7119684
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In Other Languages
“PLUTO reactor” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مفاعل بلوتو”
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