Monumental move for reactor relic
皇冠体育app commemorative table from Dounreay's Prototype Fast Reactor has moved to Nuclear, the Caithness and nuclear archive.
After sitting pride of place in the foyer of Dounreay鈥檚 Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) for almost fifty years, the commemorative granite stone table has found a new home.
On Sunday June 12, the inscribed stone table was lifted out of the former reactor building and taken through to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority鈥檚 (NDA) nuclear archive in Wick and placed in storage ready for the new building to be opened early next year.
DSRL鈥檚 heritage officer, James Gunn, said: 鈥溁使谔逵齛pp table was commissioned for the official opening ceremony of PFR in June 1966, where the first turf was cut in front of the old farm cottages that have since been demolished. 鈥淧reserving our industrial heritage for future generations to enjoy is a crucial part of our decommissioning programme.鈥�
Anna MacConnell, NDA鈥檚 stakeholder relations and socio economic manager, said: 鈥溁使谔逵齛pp PFR carved stone symbolises the pioneering nature of the work done at Dounreay and its important part in the history of the nuclear industry worldwide.
鈥淚t also marks an important chapter in the history of Caithness. It is fitting that the carving will stay in the county and be given pride of place at the entrance to Nucleus, the NDA and Caithness Archives.鈥�
Nucleus will become the single facility to collect and store relevant records from all the civil nuclear sites in the UK. 皇冠体育app archive will be accessible to the industry, for international research and to the public. Many records will also be digitised.