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VULCAN

VULCAN, a research reactor (other) in Thurso, United Kingdom, operated by Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment. Shut down, first critical in 1961.

It was one of the 46 research reactors the United Kingdom has had; 1 remains in operation today. It went critical 14 years after the first research reactor in the United Kingdom, GLEEP (1947).

Country

United Kingdom

City

Thurso

Type

Other

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1961

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