Control Panel for Jason Nuclear Reactor
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| Control Panel for Jason Nuclear Reactor | |
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| Manufacturer | Royal Naval College |
| Production years | 1962 |
| Production location | Greenwich |
Control panel for the Jason nuclear reactor, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1962
Naval crew for British nuclear submarines were trained on the Jason reactor at Greenwich. The reactor was small but the control panel was realistic. The large red SCRAM button in the control panel’s centre shut the reactor down in an emergency.
[edit] How it works
The control panel allows the sustained nuclear reaction to be regulated. Control rods, usually Boron, can be inserted into a pile of fissile material, thus increasing or slowing the reaction – correspondingly increasing or decreasing energy output. The SCRAM button allows these rods to be put in very quickly in case of a runaway reactor emergency.
[edit] Memories
One wonders what Londoners would have said if they realised there was a working nuclear reactor in their midst!
— anon
It's amazing to see this part of Britain's Nuclear history!
— Andy Wilson, Dunfermline, Scotland
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[edit] In the Science Museum
The Museum aquired this in 1998 from the Royal Naval College, Greenwich Inv. No: 1998-897
This object is currently on display in the Dan Dare & the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum, London.