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The Breeder that Electrified Britain

It was the reactor that could harvest plutonium and herald a new fleet of power stations to regenerate Britain after the war. Today, the nuclear material made inside the Dounreay Fast Reactor is being packaged up and made ready for its return to national stocks.

(6min 15sec) 27 April 2011

Decommissioning

The Breeder that Electrified Britain
The Breeder that Electrified Britain
It was the reactor that could harvest plutonium and herald a new fleet of power stations to regenerate Britain after the war. Today, the nuclear material made inside the Dounreay Fast Reactor is being packaged up and made ready for its return to national stocks.
(6min 15sec) 16 June 2011

Uranium plant comes apart
Uranium plant comes apart
Decommissioning the chemical plants that supplied British scientists and their allies with highly enriched uranium for research
(6min 17sec) 01 December 2010

Pulsed Column Lab
Pulsed Column Lab
Taking apart the Pulsed Column Lab
(4min 08sec) 26 June 2010

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Demolition

D8550 Stack Removal
D8550 Stack Removal
Stack removal from plutonium criticality laboratory
(1min 10sec) 18 February 2010

D1202 Demolition
D1202 Demolition
Demolition of D1202 at Dounreay
(3min 51sec) 18 February 2010

D8550
D8550
The demolition of the plutonium criticality laboratory
(5min 04sec) 18 February 2010

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General Site

Technology Exhibition 2011
Technology Exhibition 2011
The Technology and Innovation Exhibition at Dounreay in May 2011, with the official opening by Simon Middlemas, managing director of Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd.
(4min 17sec) 23 May 2011

The Dounreay Story
The Dounreay Story
The story of Dounreay - from its construction in the 1950s through to its 21st century decommissioning and closure.
(8min 31sec) 20 January 2011

2010 Apprentices Indenture
2010 Apprentices Indenture
2010 Apprentices Indenture
(8min 39sec) 07 September 2010

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Historical

The Dounreay Sphere
The Dounreay Sphere
The Dounreay Sphere - Design and Construction.
(25min 11sec) 03 June 2010

History of the shaft
History of the shaft
History of the Dounreay shaft.
(3min 17sec) 21 May 2010

Tunnel History
Tunnel History
Tunnel History
(3min 40sec) 18 February 2010

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Particles

Seabed clean-up at Dounreay (2010)
Seabed clean-up at Dounreay (2010)
A team of 22 work around the clock to clean up radioactive pollution from the seabed near the redundant nuclear site at Dounreay during summer 2010.
(7min 39sec) 19 January 2011

Recovery of particles from the seabed at Dounreay
Recovery of particles from the seabed at Dounreay
Detection, retrieval and monitoring of an offshore particle
(11min 39sec) 18 February 2010

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Waste

Hydraulic isolation of the Dounreay shaft
Hydraulic isolation of the Dounreay shaft
Hydraulic isolation of the Dounreay shaft
(7min 36sec) 21 May 2010

Going Underground at Dounreay
Going Underground at Dounreay
Going Underground at Dounreay
(3min 57sec) 20 April 2010

D3900 Project
D3900 Project
D3900 Project Summary Movie
(20min 03sec) 18 February 2010

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