PLUTO reactor

PLUTO was a materials testing nuclear reactor housed at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, a former Royal Air Force airfield at in the .
Wikipedia
  • 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.

Building
was a materials testing nuclear reactor at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at in the . It used enriched uranium metal fuel, and heavy water as both neutron moderator and primary coolant. is situated 660 feet southeast of PLUTO reactor.

Research institute
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The is one of the national scientific research laboratories in the UK operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. is situated 2,400 feet east of PLUTO reactor.

Industrial building
Photo: Sandig, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a pulsed neutron and muon source at the of the Science and Technology Facilities Council, on the at in , England. is situated 2,200 feet northeast of PLUTO reactor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chilton and West Ginge.

Village
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the district of , England, about 3+1⁄2 miles southwest of . The parish was historically part of until the 1974 local government reorganisation transferred it to Oxfordshire.

Hamlet
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet within the civil parish of in the county of , 3.9 miles by road to the southeast of . is immediately next to the hamlet of East Ginge, which is contained within the parish of . is situated 1½ miles northwest of PLUTO reactor.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish about 4 miles east of in the and a similar distance west of . The village is on Brook, which flows from the Berkshire Downs to join the at . is situated 2 miles north of PLUTO reactor.

PLUTO reactor

Latitude
51.56968° or 51° 34′ 11″ north
Longitude
-1.32802° or 1° 19′ 41″ west
Open location code
9C3WHM9C+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 529761549
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7119684
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Satellite Map

Discover PLUTO reactor from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“PLUTO reactor” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مفاعل بلوتو”

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