Universities Research Reactor

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Universities Research Reactor, also known as Universities' Research Reactor or University Research Reactor, was a small nuclear research reactor in Risley, Warrington, England. It was jointly owned by Manchester and Liverpool universities and used for performing neutron activation work and training reactor operators[1].

This Argonaut class reactor of 300 kW thermal power [2] was opened in 1962[3], shut down in 1991, decommissioned in 1992[3] and the land was released in 1996.

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  1. ^ Nuclear physics at the University of Manchester. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
  2. ^ See Table I.I-I Technical Reports Series No. 414, IAEA 2003. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
  3. ^ a b BNFL decommissioning note. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.