page_title: Winfrith
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caption_attribution_description: English: Winfrith UKAEA has been restoring Winfrith’s environment since the early 1990s. Around half of the civil nuclear research site has already been released for commercial use, and decommissioning will be fully complete by 2020, when Winfrith will become the UK’s first major nuclear site to be fully decommissioned. Be warned that photography of the site is not permitted. I was pounced on by security and after deleting pictures I had already taken, was able to negotiate this shot. Security at Winfrith is provided by the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, an armed police force that specialises in the protection of nuclear materials http://www.ukaea.org.uk/sites/winfrith_site_info.htm
context_page_description: Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment, or AEE Winfrith, was a United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority site near Winfrith Newburgh in Dorset. It covered an area on Winfrith Heath to the west of the village of Wool between the A352 road and the South Western Main Line.
  Winfrith was set up in order to test a variety of new nuclear reactor designs with the intention of selecting a new design for power generation and other tasks. The main design built at the site was the demonstration steam-generating heavy water reactor providing power to the National Grid. A number of smaller designs were also constructed at the site.
  The site officially opened with the ZENITH reactor in 1960. SGHWR opened in 1967 and was shut down in 1990. All of the reactors have been shut down and are in various stages of removal. The site is now being re-used for other purposes while decommissioning continues.
context_section_description: Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment, or AEE Winfrith, was a United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority site near Winfrith Newburgh in Dorset. It covered an area on Winfrith Heath to the west of the village of Wool between the A352 road and the South Western Main Line.
  Winfrith was set up in order to test a variety of new nuclear reactor designs with the intention of selecting a new design for power generation and other tasks. The main design built at the site was the demonstration steam-generating heavy water reactor (SGHWR) providing power to the National Grid. A number of smaller designs were also constructed at the site.
  The site officially opened with the ZENITH reactor in 1960. SGHWR opened in 1967 and was shut down in 1990. All of the reactors have been shut down and are in various stages of removal. The site is now being re-used for other purposes while decommissioning continues.
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