DIDO (nuclear reactor)

Name DIDO

A type reactor DIDO is a moderated with heavy water and cooled research reactor. The name DIDO is derived from D2O, the chemical formula for heavy water. Heavy water molecules consist of two deuterium atoms (D ) and oxygen (O). If we write D 2 O as DDO and speaks from the first D English ( " Di" ), the result is the reactor designation di- DO or DIDO.

The aim of this kind of research reactors was the highest possible flow of neutrons, which were then used for experiments. Graphite as a neutron reflector surrounding the reactor core.

Reactors DIDO class

Worldwide were and still are six reactors DIDO - class, of which the last was shut down in early 2007:

  • HIFAR (High Flux Australian Reactor), Australia, shutdown on 30 January 2007
  • Jülich research reactor 2 ( FRY -2) at the Research Center Jülich, shutdown on 2 May 2006
  • DR -3 in the Risø Research Centre, Denmark, shut down on 26 November 1999
  • PLUTO, Atomic Energy Research Establishment ( AERE ), Great Britain, decommissioned 1990
  • DIDO, Atomic Energy Research Establishment ( AERE ), Great Britain, decommissioned 1990
  • DMTR ( Dounreay Materials Test Reactor ) Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment, UK, TT: 1969

Dido on the Web

  • The FRY -2 of the Research Centre Jülich
  • The HIFAR reactor at Lucas Heights (Australia) Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation ( ANSTO )
  • Type of reactor
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