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Windscale Piles
Windscale Piles
	The Windscale Piles c. 1956. Pile No. 1 is on the left.
Reactor concept	Air-cooled reactor
Designed and built by	Ministry of Supply
Operational	1950–1957
Status	Undergoing decommissioning
Location	Sellafield, Cumbria, England
Main parameters of the reactor core
Fuel (fissile material)	Natural and enriched uranium
Fuel state	Solid (rods)
Neutron energy spectrum	Thermal
Primary control method	Control rods
Primary moderator	Nuclear graphite
Primary coolant	Air
Reactor usage
Primary use	Plutonium production
Operator/owner	Ministry of Supply (1950–1954); UKAEA (1954–1957);

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54°25′27″N 3°29′53″W / 54.42417°N 3.49806°W / 54.42417; -3.49806

The Windscale Piles were a pair of air-cooled graphite-moderated nuclear reactors at the Windscale (now Sellafield) nuclear site in Cumbria, England. They were constructed from 1947–1950 by the Ministry of Supply, primarily to produce plutonium for the British atomic bomb project. However, they were also used to produce other nuclear material such as tritium for . They operated from 1950–