2010 Heritage News

Thursday 28 October 2010 - Archaeologists search LLW disposal site

Archaeologists are surveying fields next to Dounreay prior to their development as a site for the disposal of low-active waste from its decommissioning.

Monday 4 October 2010 - Is Dome Doomed? Latest issue of Dounreay News published online

Dounreay News is a monthly publication, covering all aspects of the Dounreay site. You can view copies online here.

Thursday 16 September 2010 - Dounreay sets out what will be kept when site has gone.

Dounreay’s clean-up and closure contractor today sets out how it will leave in place a cultural legacy of Britain’s 20th century experiment with fast breeder nuclear reactors when the site itself has been flattened.

Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Full museum status awarded to attraction charting Dounreay's history

The magnificently restored Thurso Town Hall and Carnegie Library hosts a museum and community facility that captures the past brought to life through displays and interpretation and has a dedicated Dounreay room charting the history of the site dating back to the 1950’s.

Friday 6 August 2010 - Heritage strategy to be published next month

Britain’s first heritage strategy for a nuclear site is set to be published next month.

Tuesday 29 June 2010 - Life at Dounreay a hard slog in war time

A recently-discovered booklet offers a glimpse of life at Dounreay’s airfield during the Second World War.

Monday 28 June 2010 - Nuclear spanners just the job for steam railway

A box of huge imperial ‘flogging’ spanners, found in the Prototype Fast Reactor's turbine hall, are starting a new life with a Highland steam railway.

Monday 7 June 2010

A classic piece of Dounreay’s heritage from the 1950s has been given a new lease of life on the Internet.

The Dounreay Sphere – Design and Construction, was a technical film made for the UK Atomic Energy Authority. It charts the construction of the giant sphere inside which Britain’s first experimental fast breeder reactor would operate.

A 25-minute version of the film has been recovered from the site’s archive and can be viewed via the video library of www.dounreay.com.

Wednesday 12 May 2010 - Royal visitors to Dounreay - an appeal for help

Dounreay appeals for information on historical royal visits to the site.

Wednesday 10 March 2010 - Heritage plan moves a step closer

A heritage strategy for one of the UK's most important nuclear sites of the 20th century has moved a step closer.

Wednesday 17 February 2010 - Heritage workshop hailed a success

A heritage workshop was held in Edinburgh in January as part of Dounreay's engagement programme to gather views on its draft Heritage Strategy.

Wednesday 10 February 2010 - Artist gets to work on Dounreay's culture

A Scottish artist is set to bring a new perspective to the cultural heritage of Scotland's biggest nuclear site.

Friday 5 February 2010 - Have your say on Dounreay's heritage

DSRL is inviting comments from staff, contractors and the general public on the proposals set out in the Heritage Strategy documents. Time is running out as the deadline for responses is 8th March 2010.

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