The British Experimental Pile Operation (BEPO) reactor at Magnox’s Harwell Site began operating on Saturday 3 July 1948 when the men’s Wimbledon singles final was being played. Rationing was still a part of daily life, the NHS was born and the nuclear energy industry was growing fast. The former RAF base at Harwell rapidly became home to the pioneering research and information needed to help design Britain’s first generation of nuclear power plants that Magnox is now decommissioning, as a … read more »
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