Catalogue description United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Northern Groups: Dounreay, registered files and reports

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Reference: AB 93
Title: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Northern Groups: Dounreay, registered files and reports
Description:

This series contains files and reports relating to the development and operation of the Fast Breeder Reactor programme.

Many pieces contain photographs, diagrams, drawings, graphs, etc.
Date: 1956-1994
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Dounreay, 1955-

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Northern Groups, 1959-1977
Physical description: 307 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2012 Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

The decision to construct a large scale experimental fast breeder reactor was announced by the Minister of Works, Sir David Eccles, in 1954. The Dounreay site was opened in 1955 and three reactors were built over the next 20 years - the Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR), Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) and the Dounreay Materials Test Reactor (DMTR). The reactors were closed down in 1994 and are being decommissioned.

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