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DFR History

History of DFR

Classic film gets new lease of life

Video showing the construction of DFR

Design

Queen Mother inside DFR

1967 coolant leak

1962 press visit – text of speech by Sir William Cook

1962 press visit - text of speech by Robert Hurst, site director

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Taking shape

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Piecing together the sphere

 

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The reactor vessel ready to go inside the sphere

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The sphere grows from the base

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Half the sphere is built 

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