Prototype fast reactor fuel pin diagrid

Description

Section of hexagonal fuel pin diagrid from Prototype Fast Reactor, used at Dounreay Nuclear Power Plant, Caithness, Scotland

Museum reference

T.2011.204

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Prototype fast reactor fuel pin diagrid

Production information

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
United Kingdom, Northern Europe

Date

1970s

Materials

Metal

Associations

Dounreay Nuclear Power Plant, Dounreay, Caithness, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Energise (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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