Winfrith Technology Centre
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Winfrith Technology Centre is a science and technology park which is owned by English Partnerships
. The site was a former UKAEA Winfrith
Nuclear Power
station which was in service from the 1950s to early 1990s. The Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor was also developed at the site.
The centre is situated near the village of Winfrith Newburgh
, which is some eight miles west of Wareham
and nine miles east of Dorchester.
English Partnerships
English Partnerships was the national regeneration agency for England, performing a similar role on a national level to that fulfilled by Regional Development Agencies on a regional level...
. The site was a former UKAEA Winfrith
Winfrith
Winfrith was a United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority site near Winfrith Newburgh in Dorset. It covered an area on Bovington Heath to the west of the village of Wool between the A352 road and the London Waterloo to Weymouth railway line....
Nuclear Power
Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...
station which was in service from the 1950s to early 1990s. The Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor was also developed at the site.
The centre is situated near the village of Winfrith Newburgh
Winfrith Newburgh
Winfrith Newburgh is a village in the Purbeck district of the English county of Dorset. It is situated some eight miles west of Wareham and ten miles east of Dorchester. It was historically part of the Winfrith hundred...
, which is some eight miles west of Wareham
Wareham, Dorset
Wareham is an historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset. The town is situated on the River Frome eight miles southwest of Poole.-Situation and geography:...
and nine miles east of Dorchester.