Official history of BEPO

摘要

Harwell's first pile was the low-power 100kW experiment GLEEP, similar to one operated at Chalk River. But a more powerful pile was needed, around 6000kW, recorded Professor Margaret Gowing in Independence & Deterrence: Britain & Atomic Energy 1945-52, Vo. 2. The fundamental design of this pile was done by British scientists in the Montreal Laboratory in the months before and just after the end of the war.rnVarious uses were foreseen: as an essential research tool and test-bed for instruments, for shielding designs and for radiation effects on materials. It would also provide data for the design of bigger piles for plutonium production.