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