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  1. An early type of nuclear reactor used in the
  2. UK, for example in Calder Hall, the world's
  3. first commercial nuclear power station. This
  4. type of reactor uses uranium fuel encased in
  5. tubes of magnesium alloy called Magnox.
  6. Carbon dioxide gas is used as a coolant to
  7. extract heat from the reactor core. See also
  8. nuclear energy.
  9.