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Beach monitoring
Particles discharged into the sea at Dounreay in the past are known to move around the seabed like grains of sand....
Brims Ness
Brims Ness is located six kilometres to the east of Dounreay....
Building Support Operative
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Crosskirk
Cross Kirk is located five kilometres to the east of Dounreay....
Decommissioning
The facilities built at Dounreay to research and develop the fast reactor system of electricity production are no longer required, so they are being cleaned out and dismantled....
Discharges
Radioactive waste is generated wherever nuclear materials exist. It can contaminate other items, effluents and airflows....
Dounreay foreshore
The foreshore adjacent to Dounreay can be divided into two areas - the east foreshore and west foreshore....
Dunnet Bay
The beach at Dunnet Bay is located approximately 22 kilometres to the east of Dounreay, on the shore of the Pentland Firth....
Electrical Project Engineer
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Environment baseline
An Environmental and Sustainability Report was published by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority as part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the NDA Strategy....
Environment monitoring reports
Dounreay Environmental Monitoring...
Environmental monitoring
In order to comply with the Radioactive Substances Act, DSRL are required to undertake an environmental monitoring programme. The purpose of this programme is to ensure that the local environment is not being harmed by the discharges from Dounreay....
Exempt Waste
Waste is the product of decommissioning....
Fact sheets
General - guide for visitors...
Frequently Asked Questions
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Health Physics Support
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Landfill 42
Dounreay developed and operated its own landfill for the disposal of waste from building works....
Monitoring
Dounreay Environmental Monitoring...
New Construction Design Project
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New LLW Disposal - Environmental Statement Addendum Volume 2 Figures
Figure 1.1 Site Plan Revised...
New Low Level Waste Facilities
A new disposal facility is needed for low-level waste from the decommissioning of Dounreay and Vulcan....
Operation Seanuts
Extracted from A History of the Management of Environmental Protection at Dounreay by GR Tyler, June 1998...
Particle Clean-up
An important part of the work to close down Dounreay is to address its legacy of radioactive particles found in the marine environment around the site....
Particles
What are particles?...
Particles and beaches
What are particles?...
Particles BPEO
Status - complete...
Progress reports
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd is committed to implementing the clean-up in a way that is transparent and acceptable. One of the ways we do this is by reporting regularly to Dounreay Stakeholder Group, a forum for community representatives to scrutinise and respond to issues arising from the site closure programme....
Public information
In the event of an emergency at Dounreay, the police will inform the public about what is happening and any precautions that may be necessary....
Radiological
Basic Radiological Induction...
Radiological PPE & Health Physics Support
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Radiological protection
Although everyone receives background radiation, not many people encounter man-made radioactive substances in the normal course of their work. Those who do - medical and research workers, for instance - have to learn how to handle these materials without risking either their own safety or that of other people....
Research
Over £10 million was spent on particles research, monitoring and recovery programmes, enabling the site to begin the clean-up operation. Here you can find details of the research areas....
Resilience and other links
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RIFE reports
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency works with the Environment Agency, Northern Ireland Environment Agency and the Food Standards Agency on the radiological monitoring of food and the environment, and publishes the results....
Safety Case Engineer
TYPICAL JOB DESCRIPTION – SAFETY CASE ENGINEER...
Safety reps
Safety representatives play an important role in promoting and monitoring safe working practices throughout the nuclear industry....
Sandside
Sandside Bay at Reay is the nearest beach to the site used by members of the public. It is located approximately three kilometres west of Dounreay....
Scrabster
The beach at Scrabster is located approximately 12 kilometres to the east of Dounreay....
Seabed
The largest and most hazardous fragments are believed to be located close to the old discharge outlet on the seabed. Natural disturbance of the sediment and corrosion over time is believed to cause their fragmentation, creating smaller, lighter and less hazardous particles that are mobilised like grains of sand by the complex tidal movements and carried further afield to places such as Sandside beach....
Thurso
The beach at Thurso is located approximately 13 kilometres to the east of Dounreay....
Timeline
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26 news items
Electrical fault suspected in overnight smoke alert
17 December 2011
An electrical fault is believed to be the cause of an overnight alert within the Prototype Fast Reactor complex at Dounreay.
Radiation around Dounreay well below safe limit, says report
21 October 2011
The levels of radioactivity in the environment and food in the vicinity of Dounreay are well within safe limits, according to the results of independent monitoring published today.
Minor leak from pipework at reactor
08 October 2011
During routine operation of the plant destroying the liquid metal coolant in the Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR), drips of caustic liquor from pipework in a shielded cell were detected by the monitoring systems. The plant was immediately shut down and the leak isolated and stopped. There was no release of radioactivity to the environment and no harm to the workers.
Reprieve for thousands of shellfish
30 September 2011
Changes to the rules for the testing of seafood near Dounreay will reduce the number of crustacea that are caught and disposed of unnecessarily.
Underwater search yields another 351 particles
06 July 2011
A nine-week operation has recovered more than 350 particles of irradiated nuclear fuel from the seabed near Dounreay.
DSRL reports iodine in routine checks
31 March 2011
DSRL has informed the Scottish Environment Protection Agency of the detection of traces of iodine in grass samples collected and analysed as part of the site's routine environmental monitoring programme.
New environment baseline published
23 March 2011
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd has published an updated “site specific baseline” in support of a strategic environmental assessment carried out by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
£2m closure plan for site landfill
12 January 2011
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd wants to restore an area of land designated as a rubble dump during the construction and operation phases of the site.
Dounreay weather station goes on-line
20 December 2010
Real-time information from Dounreay's weather station can now be viewed on-line.
New seabed machine cleans up 429 fuel fragments
11 November 2010
The latest phase of offshore clean-up recovered 429 fragments from the seabed off Dounreay during August, September and October.
Radioactivity in food and the environment around Dounreay
13 October 2010
A report published today provides detailed information about the levels of radioactivity in food and the environment around Dounreay.
Dounreay goes wild for biodiversity project
29 July 2010
In International Biodiversity year, a honey of an environmental project has set Dounreay buzzing.
DFR pond dismantling steps up a gear
21 April 2010
As the decommissioning of Dounreay’s dome continues apace the legacies from the past are being stripped out of the redundant facility.
Dounreay workers achieve a year without 'lost time accident'
02 March 2010
Dounreay’s workforce has notched up a staggering 3.76 million man hours without an industrial work-related personal injury that results in more than three days off work.
Cameras penetrate underground nuclear waste store
16 November 2009
Two remotely-operated cameras have sent back video and photos of the intermediate-level radioactive waste stored in Dounreay’s wet silo.
Lord Hunt sees major hazard being destroyed
07 September 2009
The Minister in charge of Britain’s nuclear clean-up today stepped inside one of the biggest projects in his brief.
Clean-up removes 29 "significant" particles from seabed
19 August 2009
More than a hundred fragments of spent nuclear fuel were removed from the seabed in the latest phase of work to clean up and shut down the former nuclear research site at Dounreay.
Offshore clean-up set to resume
04 June 2009
An area of seabed equivalent in size to more than 10 football pitches is to be monitored over the summer during the next phase of implementation of Dounreay’s particle recovery programme.
Eight-ton fans will drive fuel plants clean-up
20 May 2009
Like a giant Meccano set, some 1500 parts are being fitted together to create a new ventilation system that will protect workers decommissioning some of Dounreay’s most hazardous facilities.
Caithness scoops national industry skills awards
13 March 2009
To view video footage of interviews with the winners of the awards click on the following link: http://www.nuclear.nsacademy.co.uk/node/907
Dounreay welcomes expert report on particles
19 November 2008
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd today welcomed an independent expert report about radioactive particles in the marine environment around the site.
Seabed particle clean-up underway
26 August 2008
A new phase in the clean-up of Dounreay is underway with the start of underwater operations to demonstrate the use of remote equipment to remove particles from the seabed.
Investigation into old diffuser complete
01 May 2008
The latest investigation of the seabed where the Dounreay effluent discharge systems are located was completed on April 22.
Investigation at old diffuser continues
16 April 2008
Divers took to the sea on April 15 to investigate the old subsea diffuser system that was used to discharge radioactive effluent from Dounreay until 1998.
Particle clean-up trials successful
04 April 2008
Remotely-operated equipment designed to recover radioactive particles from the seabed has been demonstrated successfully offshore at Dounreay.
Local firm awarded major contract
17 January 2008
Local engineering firm JGC Engineering & Technical Services Ltd has been awarded a major contract vital to the environment and decommissioning of the Dounreay site.
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