United Kingdom · Thurso · 58.580, -3.744

Dounreay Fast Reactor

Dounreay Fast Reactor, a research reactor (fast) in Thurso, United Kingdom, with 65 MW of thermal power, operated by Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment. Shut down, first critical in 1959.

It was one of the 46 research reactors the United Kingdom has had; 1 remains in operation today. It went critical 12 years after the first research reactor in the United Kingdom, GLEEP (1947). 15 fast research reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries.

Country

United Kingdom

City

Thurso

Type

Fast

Thermal power

65 MW

Operator

Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1959

See also: every research reactor in United Kingdom · How research reactors work