Funding and Approval

A £450,000 funding bid was submitted in August 1960, and in May 1961, approval was granted for three university reactors (London, Manchester–Liverpool, and Scotland). However, the project was briefly postponed due to financial constraints, until the December 1961 announcement that the Scottish project would indeed go ahead. The Scottish Research Reactor Centre (SRRC) moved rapidly in 1962, completing the building and constructing the reactor in record time. In May 1963, the reactor achieved its first critical run, paving the way for SUERC’s formal opening later that year.