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PFR History

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Video showing the construction of PFR

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Image: PFR construction circa 1967

PFR construction circa 1967.  The excavation in the foreground is for the electrical annexe basement.

Image: Assembling PFR Turbine 10.6.70

Assembling PFR Turbine 10.6.70

Image: PFR Construction circa 1967

PFR Construction circa 1967

Image: The control room in the 1970s

The control room in the 1970s

Image: Workers handling fuel from the reactor

Workers handling fuel from the reactor

Safety

Image: Staff and Contractors viewing the plans for the replacement ventilation system Our aim is to decommission the site safely and with no harm to people or the environment. Find out how.

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