Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd

Dounreay Site

Delivering the safe clean-up and demolition of the UK's former centre of fast reactor research on behalf of the Nuclear Decomissioning Authority

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Beaches monitoring
Subject to access, the Dounreay foreshore and the beaches used by the public at Sandside, Thurso, Scrabster, Crosskirk, Brims Ness, Melvich and Dunnet are monitored as required by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). If a particle is found, SEPA is informed and it is removed and taken to Dounreay for analysis....

Dunnet
A summary report of the Dunnet beach survey carried out in 2005 is available here....

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Health risks
Particles vary in size and radioactivity. As a rule of thumb, the smallest particles are the least radioactive and therefore least hazardous, while the largest particles are the most radioactive and therefore most hazardous....

Particles recovered
DSRL is committed to keeping the public informed about the detection, mapping and retrieval of particles in the environment near to Dounreay....

Project updates
This section provides snapshots of the progress on the particles project.   In addition quarterly reports are produced which are distributed to the Dounreay Stakeholder Group and made available here....

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