Defuelling
As part of the decomissioning process, the SRRC also contributed to the DETR Fission Product Project, ensuring valuable scientific data...
O’Nions review
The end of reactor operations at the Scottish Research Reactor Centre came as a result of the 1995 O’Nions review,...
Power upgrade: 300kW
By 1970, the Scottish Research Reactor Centre (SRRC) had undergone a major phase of growth, transforming into a multidisciplinary research...
Reactor Details
The UTR reactor at the Scottish Research Reactor Centre was designed as a water-moderated, graphite-reflected core, optimised for both teaching...
UTR 100 Reactor
On 13th November 1963, the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC) was formally opened with a landmark ceremony held in...
Funding and Approval
A £450,000 funding bid was submitted in August 1960, and in May 1961, approval was granted for three university reactors...
The origins of SUERC
Between 1956 and 1963, the foundations for what would become SUERC were laid through a decade of collaboration and planning....
