United Kingdom · 58.581, -3.737Dounreay
Dounreay, nuclear power plant in United Kingdom, operated 2 fast breeder reactors between 1962 and 1994 and is now shut down.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Units
- 2
- Technology
- FBR
- Net capacity
- —
- First grid connection
- 1962
- Operator
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
- Owner
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
- Status
- Shut down
See also: alerts for this plant · every plant in United Kingdom · Vendor: UK Atomic Energy Authority · Vendor: The Nuclear Power Group · every FBR reactor · how a FBR works
Operating capacity
0 MWe
net electrical
Units
2
0 operating
First start-up
1962
Units
| Unit | Type | Model | Status | MWe | MWt | Construction start | Grid connection | Closure | Load factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dounreay DFR | Fast breeder (FBR) | unknown | Shut down | 11 | 60 | Mar 1955 | Oct 1962 | Mar 1977 | — |
| Dounreay PFR | Fast breeder (FBR) | unknown | Shut down | 234 | 600 | Jan 1966 | Jan 1975 | Mar 1994 | — |
Data: IAEA PRIS · Global Energy Monitor · updated on Aug 1, 2026
Dounreay DFR, an 11 MWe FBR (unknown), started construction in 1955 and operated from 1962 to 1977.
Dounreay PFR, a 234 MWe FBR (unknown), started construction in 1966 and operated from 1975 to 1994.
Operator: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.