Liquid Metal Fire Tenders Phased Out At Dounreay
.:: One Of Two Liquid Metal Fire Tenders Phased Out At Dounreay ::.
Date: April 2009
Location: Dounreay, Caithness
The destruction of the liquid metal coolant in Dounreay's experimental fast reactors means that the site can say farewell to two of its firefighters, the graphex tenders. Specially built for Dounreay, the two graphex tenders are the only ones in the world. They were designed to fight large scale metal fires, and each vehicle carried one tonne of graphex powder a graphite-based fire fighting agent which would be sprayed onto the fire. The tenders arrived on site in 1984, and have now reached the end of their operational life
Date: April 2009
Location: Dounreay, Caithness
The destruction of the liquid metal coolant in Dounreay's experimental fast reactors means that the site can say farewell to two of its firefighters, the graphex tenders. Specially built for Dounreay, the two graphex tenders are the only ones in the world. They were designed to fight large scale metal fires, and each vehicle carried one tonne of graphex powder a graphite-based fire fighting agent which would be sprayed onto the fire. The tenders arrived on site in 1984, and have now reached the end of their operational life
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