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| RN Air Station Dounreay |
Dates: 1944 - 1954 Dounreay (RN) (HMS Tern II) Dounreay, Scotland (1944-1954) It is also called RAF Dounreay. 1944: Built for RAF Coastal Command but not used by them, airfield opened and was then on care and maintenance. 1944 to 1954: 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.
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RN Air Station Dounreay
1944 - 1954
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