HC Deb 28 March 1969 vol 780 c379W
Mr. Eadie

asked the Minister of Technology when he now expects the first commercial reactor of the Dounreay type to be in operation.

Mr. J. P. W. Mallalieu

Preliminary design work for a commercial fast reactor has already started and, subject to a decision by the generating boards as a result of technical and economic evaluation, it is anticipated that a power reactor of this type could come in service by the latter half of the 1970s.