Model of interior of a nuclear reactor

Made:
1960-1970

Model of interior of a nuclear reactor. 550mm wide x 630mm high x 260mm deep

Details

Category:
Nuclear Energy
Object Number:
1995-789
type:
model
credit:
Science Museum (Circulation Department)

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Graphite brick, one of ten graphite components manufactured by Southern Graphite Services (SGS) in 1982 for a life-size simulation of the core of an Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor. These consist of three types core bricks, three sorts of connecting piece, infill pieces, side wall bricks and convertor pieces between the wall and the core. The graphite bricks in the reactor core and act as a moderator to control the chain reaction by slowing down the neutrons.

Graphite brick for an Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor core, 1982