What was the first experimental reactor developed at Harwell?
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GLEEP, an acronym for Graphite Low Energy Experimental Pile, was the first nuclear reactor in the United Kingdom and Western Europe. Built at the Harwell site in Oxfordshire, England, GLEEP was primarily designed for experimental purposes to study the properties of neutrons and their interactions with various materials.
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