Control Room instrument panel from the Dounreay Fast Reactor, Scotland
Control Room instrument panel from the Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR), made by Honeywell and the UK Atomic Energy Authority, Thurso, Scotland, 1959.
The Dounreay Fast Reactor was the prototype breeder reactor, installed at Thurso, Caithness in the north of Scotland. The reactor ran until 1977, when it was superceded by a larger prototype.
Details
- Category:
- Nuclear Energy
- Object Number:
- 2015-368
- Measurements:
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overall: 3200 mm x 8000 mm x 10200 mm,
ISO Container 3; Panel E3: 2540 mm x 1000 mm x 650 mm,
ISO Container 2; Panel C3: 2540 mm x 1220 mm x 650 mm,
ISO Container 1; Panel C1: 2540 mm x 1370 mm x 650 mm,
ISO Container 2; Panel C5: 2540 mm x 1370 mm x 650 mm,
ISO Container 1; Panel A1: 2540 mm x 1830 mm x 650 mm,
ISO Container 1; Panel A2: 2540 mm x 1830 mm x 650 mm,
ISO Container 1; Panel B: 2540 mm x 1830 mm x 650 mm,
ISO Container 1; Panel C2: 2540 mm x 1830 mm x 650 mm,
ISO Container 2; Panel C4: 2540 mm x 1830 mm x 650 mm,
ISO Container 2; Panel D: 2540 mm x 1830 mm x 650 mm,
ISO Container 1; Panel A3: 2540 mm x 1220 mm x 700 mm,
Control Desk (part 2): 1170 mm x 700 mm x 800 mm,
Control Desk (part 3): 1170 mm x 700 mm x 800 mm,
Control Desk (part 1): 1170 mm x 3450 mm x 1700 mm,
- type:
- instrument panel
- credit:
- Gift of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
