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🇬🇧 Dounreay DFR

Name: Dounreay DFR
Address: United Kingdom

Nuclear power plant · United Kingdom

Shut Down

Capacity≈14 MW

Units1

First Online1962

Construction Start1955

Shut Down1977

Reactor TypeFBR

Coordinates58.577, -3.745

Dounreay DFR is a nuclear power station in United Kingdom. Of its 1 recorded unit(s), 1 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 14 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1962. Reactor technology on site: FBR.

Reactor units at Dounreay DFR

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Dounreay DFR	Shut Down	FBR	14 MW	Construction 1955 · Grid 1962 · Shutdown 1977

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