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Dounreay
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1950s
(© UKAEA via Steve Foster)
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RAF
Dounreay - RN HMS Tern II - airfield
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Airfield Today:
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UKAEA
Dounreay power station, decommissioning and clean-up planned to be completed
by 2033
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for all
Commands 12779/41 with front windows to 343/43 and two different styles
of rooftop VCR
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Tower:
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Demolished
June 2007
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Other
Buildings:
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Demolished
June 2007
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History:
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04/44, Built for RAF Coastal Command but not used by them, airfield opened
and was then on care and maintenance. 05/44 to 10/54,
Transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Tern II but not commissioned and
on care and maintenance until 1954.1954 to 2000, UKAEA power station and research centre, one runway was retained. Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR), with its famous “dome of discovery” operated from 1959 to 1977, the Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR), a larger model, ran from 1974 to 1994. 2000 to 2033, Site decommissioning and clean-up. |
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Dounreay
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1950s
(© UKAEA via Steve Foster)
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RAF
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Airfield:
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Care and maintenance
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Opened:
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04/1944
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Closed:
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/1954
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Code:
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DN
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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x2 then x3 runways
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Hangars:
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x1 Mainhill, x1 Pentad,
x2 T2
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County:
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Caithness, Scotland
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Location:
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1-1/2 miles NE of Reay
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OS Ref:
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NC993670
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Links:
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UKAEA Dounreay
website
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©:
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All
photographs copyright UKAEA
© as stated
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Dounreay
airfield
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June
2007 (© UKAEA via Steve Foster)
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RAF
Dounreay - RN HMS Tern II - airfield
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RAF
Dounreay airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2007 - Dounreay -
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