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About us
Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) is the site licence company responsible for the clean-up and demolition of Britain's former centre of fast reactor research and development....
Aerodrome
An aerodrome was constructed at Dounreay during World War Two as part of the air defences for the fleet stationed at Scapa Flow, Orkney, though it never saw any action....
Archives
Since construction began in 1955, photographs, drawings, records and film footage have been archived for posperity. These will be transferred to the new National Nuclear Archive, which is due to be built in Wick, Caithness....
Books
Various books about Dounreay have been published over the years, by employees or others with an interest in Dounreay's history. ...
Boston Camp
In the early 1940s RAF Coastal Command built an airfield at Dounreay, called HMS Tern II, as a satellite of HMS Tern (Twatt, Orkney). A camp was built to house the workers who built the RAF aerodrome, and later the air crew and ground staff....
Breeder
Britain after the Second World War needed electricity to rebuild the economy....
Campaigns
Every month, DSRL raises the profile of a particular aspect of health, safety, environment or security....
Cementation plant
Dounreay reprocessed spent fuel from reactors for almost 40 years. The original design of the site included storage tanks for the waste liquor, or raffinate, that would be generated. Initially there was no long-term strategy for managing this waste other than keeping it in tanks....
Communities Fund
Are you a community-based organisation or charity that benefits people in Caithness and North Sutherland?...
Consultation 2003-08
Dounreay recognised the importance of consulting widely about the options for particles in the marine environment before proceeding with the clean-up....
Consultations
Public expectations of the nuclear industry today are very different from those of previous generations....
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....
DFR Breeder
Britain after the war faced an energy crisis....
DFR History
History of DFR...
Dounreay Castle
Dounreay Castle is located at the mouth of the Mill Lade immediately north of the Dounreay licensed site. ...
Dounreay Castle
Dounreay Castle is located at the mouth of the Mill Lade immediately north of the Dounreay licensed site....
Dounreay Fast Reactor
The experimental fast breeder reactor at Dounreay led British research and development of nuclear energy during the 1950s and 60s....
Dounreay Materials Test Reactor
The Dounreay Materials Test Reactor was the first operational reactor in Scotland. It was constructed to test the effects of irradiation on metals. It began operating in 1958. ...
Dounreay News
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Emergency Arrangements
Emergency planning is an important part of the defence-in-depth approach to managing the radioactive and chemical hazards left over from the days of research and development at Dounreay....
End state of site
What condition should the Dounreay site be left in when decommissioning is complete?...
Experimental criticality laboratory
For six years, at the height of Britain's expansion into nuclear energy in the 1950s and 60s, the experimental criticality laboratory carried out vital research....
FAQs - nuclear fuel
What is the difference between nuclear fuel and nuclear waste?...
Freedom of Information
DSRL welcomes interest in its work from members of the public....
Frequently Asked Questions
About Dounreay ...
Fuel Cycle Area
The Fuel Cycle Area (FCA) is the high security area within the licensed site, housing the facilities that historically handled and stored the site’s nuclear material and waste. Most of the buildings were built during the early construction phase of the site (1955-1959)....
Funding
The NDA socio economic policy document sets out three methods by which it will deliver socio economic support to communities affected by nuclear decommissioning:...
Gaseous
Radioactive waste is generated wherever nuclear materials exist. It can contaminate other materials, effluents and airflows....
Heritage Collections
Dounreay's visitor centre, located within the old aerodrome control tower, was demolished in 2007 due to structural problems following water damage. At the same time, the NDA and the UK Atomic Energy Authority gave a substantial financial contribution towards the design and construction of the Caithness Horizons museum located in Thurso's old town hall. ...
Heritage News
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Heritage Project
Since the early days of construction in 1955 right through to the present, Dounreay has had a dominant impact on the economic and social development of the region. The NDA and DSRL, in partnership with Historic Scotland and heritage professionals Atkins Heritage, have worked together to establish a way forward for creating a lasting cultural legacy of the site, by means of a strategy document....
Information Charter
If we need to handle personal information about you in order to provide a service, this is how we look after that information....
Information for visitors
The site is closed to members of the public for safety and security reasons while it is decommissioned. ...
Infrastructure
Decommissioning the infrastructure that supported the fast reactor experiment is just as important as decommissioning the reactors themselves. In this section you will find more information about these projects....
Land
In August 2009, Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd carried out a survey of fields adjacent to the site that are earmarked for development as a low-level waste disposal facility....
Landfill 42
Dounreay developed and operated its own landfill for the disposal of waste from building works....
LLW national policy
Updated national policy for the management low-level radioactive waste in Scotland was published in March 2007....
Low level waste
Solid low level radioactive waste is generated wherever nuclear materials are handled - from hospitals, laboratories and industry as well as the nuclear fuel cycle....
Minor works
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New Low Level Waste Facilities
A new disposal facility is needed for low-level waste from the decommissioning of Dounreay and Vulcan....
New treatment plant
Intermediate-level waste exists at Dounreay in the form of solid items, liquids and sludges....
News Room
For the latest stories relating to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority you can access a live news feed showing recent external news coverage....
Non-radioactive waste
Waste is the product of decommissioning....
Nuclear Fuel
Dounreay’s purpose was to research and develop more efficient ways to generate electricity from uranium and plutonium...
Outer breeder
There are 977 elements still positioned vertically around the reactor core....
Overseas fuel
Part of the site at Dounreay was devoted to the supply and recycling of specialist nuclear fuel....
Particle Clean-up
An important part of the work to close down Dounreay is to address a legacy of radioactive particles in the marine environment around the site....
Performance reports
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd routinely reports its performance to the local community....
PFR History
Click here to access PFR History...
Plutonium criticality cell - D8550
The plutonium criticality laboratory, code-named D8550, was built in the 1950s to carry out criticality experiments on plutonium-bearing materials as D1249 had insufficient shielding for the work....
Prototype Fast Reactor
Dounreay's Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) was the second and last fast reactor to be built in the UK. The success of the experimental fast reactor at Dounreay led the British government in 1966 to order a prototype fast reactor power plant....
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....
RADSAFE
Hazardous cargo is moved routinely across the UK every day....
Rail
Transport of nuclear fuel between power plants and the UK reprocessing works at Sellafield is carried out by Direct Rail Services, or DRS....
Reactor Dismantling
The reactor is to be dismantled by removing the vessel contents from the vault, thereby minimising the associated hazard and allowing final clearance of the site....
Research reactor fuel fabrication plant
The fuel fabrication plant was the first of the "atomic factories" built at Dounreay in the 1950s to become operational, and played a crucial part in the United Kingdom’s fast reactor research programme....
Resilience and other links
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Safety and Environment
There are major chemical and radiological hazards at Dounreay which, if not properly contained and managed, could cause serious harm to people and the environment....
Security
The nature of the materials and hazards at Dounreay mean that the security of the site is a vitally important part of the decommissioning process....
Shaft and Silo
A vertical shaft was built at Dounreay in the 1950s to remove rock spoil during excavation of a subsea tunnel for the site's effluent discharge pipes. In 1958, it was authorised by the Government as a disposal facility for what today is known as intermediate-level waste....
Site Closure
Our objective in decommissioning Dounreay is to close down the site and leave it in a safe condition for future generations....
Site End State
What condition should the Dounreay site be left in when decommissioning is complete?...
Site Stakeholder Group
Dounreay Stakeholder Group is a forum for community leaders to scrutinise the site's performance, to engage with the industry and its regulators and reflect the views of the local population....
Socio Economics
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is spending up to £150 million a year to close down the Dounreay site....
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Subsea pipeline and diffuser
The construction of Dounreay in the 1950s included a system for discharging low-level radioactive effluent to the sea....
Suppliers
Welcome to the suppliers area of the DSRL website which includes contract opportunities, instructions on how to express interest and information on our procurement strategy....
The retrieval plant
One of the biggest projects in the Dounreay clean-up is the retrieval from the shaft and silo of historic wastes....
Topic of the Month / News
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Uranium Recovery Plant
The uranium recovery plant was an integral part of the chemical processing of nuclear materials that took place in the Fuel Cycle Area until 1998....
Waste
Waste is the product of decommissioning....
Workforce
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) employs just over 800 people, with a similar number in the supply chain. The DSRL workforce has a wide range of skills, from project management and environmental science to health physics, safety case writing and technical skills in operations and maintenance....
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NDA sees savings in integrated waste approach
14 May 2012
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority believes the cost of managing radioactive waste from its sites could be reduced by billions of pounds through a more strategic approach.
Liquid metal destruction featured in Dounreay newspaper
04 May 2012
Dounreay’s site newspaper this month focuses on the destruction of the site’s hazardous liquid metal legacy.
Latest performance figures reported for Dounreay
03 May 2012
The latest edition of Dounreay's monthly performance report has been published.
Clean-up set to resume offshore
01 May 2012
Work to clean up and close down the redundant nuclear site at Dounreay moves offshore again this month.
Latest performance figures reported for February 2012
05 April 2012
The latest edition of Dounreay's monthly performance report has been published.
Handover to Dounreay's new clean-up team in April site newspaper
03 April 2012
Dounreay’s site newspaper this month focuses on the handover to the site’s new clean-up team who have won the largest site closure contract ever let in the UK.
Gone by 2025 - new clean-up team sets out vision for site closure
02 April 2012
Senior figures from government and industry are gathering at Dounreay today to hear the site’s new clean-up team set out their vision to accelerate the demolition of Britain’s second largest civil nuclear site.
NDA business plan sets out goals for Dounreay clean-up
02 April 2012
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority today publishes its business plan for 2012/13, setting out key clean-up goals for sites such as Dounreay to achieve.
Babcock consortium acquires site licence company
01 April 2012
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd is under new ownership from today.
Award recognises high safety standards at Dounreay
28 March 2012
The British Safety Council has named Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd among its list of International Safety Awards for 2012.
Dounreay fuels - closing date for comments is March 23
16 March 2012
March 23 is the closing date for the submission of views to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority about options for managing its stock of nuclear fuel at Dounreay.
Demolitions feature in latest issue of site newspaper
05 March 2012
Dounreay is changing shape as two more buildings in the fuel cycle area are demolished.
Dounreay's latest performance figures published for January 2012
02 March 2012
The latest edition of Dounreay's monthly performance report has been published.
NDA examines options for Dounreay 'exotic' fuels
07 February 2012
The future of the remaining ‘exotic’ fuels and nuclear materials at Dounreay is being considered by the NDA who have today published a paper outlining two options for the material.
NDA invites bursary applications
02 February 2012
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which owns Dounreay and funds its site closure programme, is offering a bursary up to £500,000 to encourage university research projects that can contribute to its clean-up mission.
Apprentice activities in the spotlight in site newspaper
01 February 2012
Dounreay’s apprentices had a busy year in 2011, and their activities are featured in the February issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, now available online.
Latest performance figures reported for December 2011
27 January 2012
The latest edition of Dounreay's monthly performance report has been published.
NDA examines options for higher activity waste
23 December 2011
A new report examines how the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority can better integrate the management of higher activity waste from the clean-up of its sites in the UK, including Dounreay.
Latest performance figures published for November
14 December 2011
The latest edition of Dounreay's monthly performance report has been published.
NDA issues draft business plan for 2012/13
13 December 2011
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has published its draft 2012/13 business plan for consultation.
Severe weather warning
08 December 2011
There is a severe weather warning in place for northern Scotland, with snow and strong winds gusting to 100mph forecast.
Bumper Christmas issue of site newspaper published
06 December 2011
The official turf cutting ceremony for the new low level waste facility features on the front cover of the December issue of Dounreay News, now available online.
Helping companies access the clean-up market
02 December 2011
Dounreay site closure contractor DSRL is working with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to help more small and medium size companies access the clean-up market.
Babcock Dounreay Partnership is preferred bidder for DSRL
23 November 2011
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority today named Babcock Dounreay Partnership as its preferred bidder to acquire Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd.
NDA to begin returning fuel to UK stocks
21 November 2011
Almost half the stock of nuclear fuel left over at Dounreay from its research role in the last century is to begin leaving the site next summer.
Leak proves the value of award-winning safety standards
09 November 2011
The British Safety Council has named Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd one of the country’s top companies for its standards of environmental management.
Latest performance figures published for September
08 November 2011
The latest edition of Dounreay's monthly performance report has been published.
A million reasons to celebrate in November's site newspaper
07 November 2011
There are a million reasons to celebrate in the November issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, now available online.
Dounreay passes the test for nuclear training standards
04 November 2011
Dounreay’s in-housing training service has itself gained a new qualification – and praise from the UK Government Minister in charge of building up Britain’s nuclear skills base.
Nuclear clean-up boost for Highland economy
25 October 2011
A new community body launched in the north Highlands signals another step towards the closure of the former nuclear research site at Dounreay.
Dounreay to attend first ever industry supply chain event
10 October 2011
DSRL staff are to play a key part in a major forthcoming nuclear decommissioning supply chain event.
'Decommissioning Dounreay' supplement published
10 October 2011
North of Scotland Newspapers have published their annual supplement focusing on the decommissioning work being carried out at Dounreay.
Dounreay's graduate apprentices in October issue of site newspaper
06 October 2011
Dounreay apprentices’ graduation ceremony is featured in the October issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, now available online.
Supporting smaller businesses in nuclear clean-up
05 October 2011
A collaborative drive is under way to shape proposals for increasing the access of smaller businesses to the £1.36 billion spent each year with the supply chain across the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority estate.
Dounreay's environment showcased on The One Show
04 October 2011
Dounreay is to feature in a TV programme this evening looking at the environment of a nuclear site.
Dounreay helps TV programme go with a Bang
03 October 2011
Dounreay is to feature in a TV programme exploring aspects of the nuclear industry.
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.
Dounreay sets out what will stay and what will go
15 September 2011
Dounreay’s decommissioning contractor today sets out what will happen to an estimated 300,000 tonnes of radioactive material from the clean-out and closure of the former nuclear research site.
Dounreay’s thriving wildlife featured in September issue of site newspaper
06 September 2011
The September issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
NDA issues guidance on storage of higher activity waste
30 August 2011
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has issued national guidance about the storage of higher activity wastes at its sites, including Dounreay.
June performance report issued
10 August 2011
The latest edition of Dounreay's monthly performance report has been published.
Opening up the nuclear market for companies
04 August 2011
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd is working with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Scotland's enterprise network to make it easier for companies to win work in the nuclear marketplace.
Young engineers featured in August issue of site newspaper
03 August 2011
The August issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
£20m 'Swiss army knife' will harvest nuclear material
19 July 2011
It’s been dubbed the most sophisticated Swiss army knife ever built.
Major hazard shrinks 20 million becquerels a second
11 July 2011
“Significant progress” has been made to destroy one of the most hazardous legacies of Britain’s nuclear research programme from the 20th century, according to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
'Compelling' case to move breeder to Sellafield - NDA
08 July 2011
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority today published a report setting out credible options for managing the breeder material from the Dounreay Fast Reactor.
July's Dounreay News now on-line
07 July 2011
July's Dounreay News is now available to read on-line.
NDA to seek views on removal of fuel from Dounreay
16 June 2011
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is to publish a report about the proposed removal of its nuclear fuel from Dounreay and wants to hear the views of the public.
New NDA boss for Dounreay shutdown
03 June 2011
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has announced the appointment of a new head of programme for Dounreay.
June issue of 'Dounreay News' now online
02 June 2011
The June issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
NDA invests £1.1m in new jobs initiative
01 June 2011
A new initiative to support economic development in the north Highlands is being helped with £1.1 million from the organisation in charge of the closure of Dounreay.
Plan now for a future without Dounreay, companies urged
24 May 2011
Companies supplying the clean-up and closure of the nuclear site at Dounreay are being urged to think now about the prospects for their staff when the nuclear industry has left Caithness.
Injury rates down 10-fold as DSRL gets top safety award
10 May 2011
Accidents during the clean-out and demolition of Britain’s former centre of fast reactor research are at their lowest level since records began.
Museum to expand Dounreay exhibition
05 May 2011
A new permanent exhibition is planned about the role of Dounreay in the development of nuclear energy in the 20th century.
Latest issue of site newspaper published
04 May 2011
The May issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
April issue of Dounreay News available online
05 April 2011
The April issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
NDA sets out Dounreay clean-up priorities
31 March 2011
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority today published its annual business plan, setting out the clean-up priorities at sites such as Dounreay over the next 12 months and beyond.
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.
Clean-up reveals 6000 years of human history
22 March 2011
Getting rid of Britain’s 20th century experiment with fast breeder nuclear reactors is illuminating the history of human settlement on Scotland’s north coast stretching back 6000 years.
New strategy sets out clean-up priorities
22 March 2011
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has published its strategy for cleaning up the nuclear legacy at sites such as Dounreay.
New report lists radioactive wastes at Dounreay
22 March 2011
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has published the latest edition of the UK’s radioactive waste inventory.
March 2011 issue of Dounreay News published
04 March 2011
The March issue of the Dounreay News has now been published and is also available online.
Business group gets £2.2m for Dounreay shutdown plan
02 March 2011
Workers and businesses who depend on Dounreay are set to benefit from a £2.2 million programme to help them adjust to the closure of the site.
Another building demolition changes Dounreay's skyline
08 February 2011
The area around Craig More House was closed off as bulldozers moved in on January 28 and razed the building to the ground.
UK Government consults on options for Dounreay plutonium
07 February 2011
The UK Government today announced a consultation on options for the long-term management of plutonium currently held at Dounreay and Sellafield.
Latest issue of Dounreay site newspaper online
01 February 2011
The February 2011 issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
Final old-style performance report published
27 January 2011
Dounreay's performance report for December 2010 has been published.
New look for site closure performance report
25 January 2011
Dounreay is changing the way it reports progress on site closure to local community leaders.
DSRL names preferred bidder for LLW contract
13 January 2011
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd has selected Graham Construction as its preferred bidder for the design and build of a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility.
Performance figures for November published
20 December 2010
Dounreay's performance report for November has been published.
Christmas issue of Dounreay News published
06 December 2010
The December issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online. It’s a bumper Christmas edition, with 20 pages packed with news and articles.
Government consults on Dounreay waste substitution
03 December 2010
The Scottish and UK governments today opened a public consultation on the return of waste to customers of the former UK Atomic Energy Authority fuels business at Dounreay.
NDA sets out clean-up goals for Dounreay
02 December 2010
Dounreay’s owners today published for consultation their 2011/12 business plan, which includes a summary of key decommissioning tasks to be completed next year.
The Dounreay Story on You Tube
01 December 2010
A new film telling the story of Dounreay, from its inception through to closure, has been released.
October performance figures published
26 November 2010
Dounreay's performance report for October 2010 has been published.
Dounreay site newspaper for November online
03 November 2010
The November issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
Dounreay publishes performance figures for September
02 November 2010
Dounreay's performance report for September has been published.
Latest issue of Dounreay News published online
04 October 2010
The October issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
August performance figures published
01 October 2010
Dounreay's performance figures for August have been published online.
Newspaper showcase for site closure work
28 September 2010
Britain's biggest nuclear site closure project is showcased in a 32-page, full-colour newspaper published today.
September's issue of Dounreay News available online
06 September 2010
The September issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
NDA publishes strategy for consultation
01 September 2010
The public body responsible for the clean-up and closure of Dounreay today publishes its draft strategy for consultation.
Site performance report for July now online
30 August 2010
Dounreay's performance report for July has been published.
New site closure plan begins to take shape
27 August 2010
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd is updating its workforce this week about the changing shape of the site closure plan and efforts to bring new industry to the area.
August issue of site newspaper available online
04 August 2010
The August issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
Directors sought for £4m community fund
30 July 2010
Members of the public are being invited to serve as board members of a new community fund from Dounreay worth £4 million.
June performance report now online
26 July 2010
Dounreay's performance report for June has been published.
Latest issue of Dounreay News published
01 July 2010
The July issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
Plutonium facility clean-up captured on film
29 June 2010
A legacy of Dounreay’s commercial venture into nuclear reprocessing has been consigned to history.
Dounreay publishes May performance report
24 June 2010
Dounreay's performance report for May has been published.
Crane removal captured on film
21 June 2010
The removal of a building crane in one of Dounreay’s redundant facilities has been captured on film.
Redundant uranium plant is broken up
08 June 2010
A chemical plant built 20 years ago to process fuel from Germany’s high temperature reactor programme is the latest piece of Dounreay to be scrapped and turned into radioactive waste.
Classic film gets new lease of life
07 June 2010
A classic piece of Dounreay’s heritage from the 1950s has been given a new lease of life on the Internet.
June issue of Dounreay News online
02 June 2010
The June issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
Fire brigade extinguishes sodium outbreak
28 May 2010
At 0040hrs today, a fire alarm sounded inside the Prototype Fast Reactor complex. One person who was in the building at the time immediately evacuated the area.
Dounreay hosts technology trade show
27 May 2010
Some of Britain's leading suppliers of technology to the nuclear industry are at Dounreay today for the site's annual trade exhibition.
April issue of performance report published
24 May 2010
Dounreay's performance report for April has been published.
New films focus on waste shaft
21 May 2010
Two new films have been released about an underground shaft used for the disposal of intermediate level waste at Dounreay more than 30 years ago.
May issue of Dounreay site newspaper published
06 May 2010
The May issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
Crane replacement timelapse video goes live
04 May 2010
A DFR decommissioning team led by Mark Aitken has successfully installed a new 55 tonne crane into the breeder removal building adjacent to DFR.
Dounreay performance report for March published
28 April 2010
Dounreay's performance report for March has been published.
Film goes underground at Dounreay
22 April 2010
A £500,000 project to lay a new pipeline for radioactive effluent from the decommissioning of Dounreay is the subject of a new film.
April issue of Dounreay News published
08 April 2010
The latest issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
NDA sets out clean-up priorities for Dounreay
01 April 2010
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s annual business plan, published today, sets out the key activities it expects to see carried out at Dounreay over the next 12 months.
Tenders sought for new waste disposal site
31 March 2010
Companies are being invited to express interest in tendering for the design and construction of a disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste from the decommissioning of Dounreay and adjacent Vulcan facility.
Dounreay skills can harness power of the sea
31 March 2010
Skills built up in Britain’s most successful nuclear decommissioning project can power Scotland’s new era in electricity from the sea, industrialists in Aberdeen heard today.
National praise for Dounreay's work with schools
30 March 2010
Dounreay has won national recognition for its work to promote engineering and science in local schools.
February Performance Report published online
25 March 2010
Dounreay's performance report for February has been published.
Getting into shape for £150m programme
11 March 2010
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd this week updated staff and local community leaders about the shape of its decommissioning programme following January’s announcement about how much funding will be available in future.
March issue of Dounreay News published
03 March 2010
The March issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
Looking inside the Dounreay prototype fast reactor
25 February 2010
DSRL’s specialist in-house design team have designed some ingenious inventions over the years.
January issue of Performance Report published
22 February 2010
Dounreay's performance report for January 2010 has been published.
February issue of Dounreay News published
02 February 2010
The February issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has now been published and is also available online.
DSRL welcomes assurance on funding
26 January 2010
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd today welcomed an announcement by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority about funding for the site beyond 2011.
Government consults on nuclear waste policy
19 January 2010
Decommissioning Dounreay generates a variety of different wastes that need to be managed carefully to protect the public and environment from harm. Some of this waste is radioactive.
Dounreay submits new proposal for lower discharges
22 December 2009
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd has presented estimates of how much radioactivity it expects to dispose of during the remainder of the site clean-up and closure programme.
Dounreay newspapers scoop NDA awards
15 December 2009
Dounreay has won two awards in a competition to find the best examples of keeping people informed across Britain’s nuclear clean-up industry.
Partnering with Dounreay helps College win award
07 December 2009
A close partnering relationship with Dounreay helped the North Highland College UHI to scoop first prize in the Partnership category of the prestigious Scotland’s Colleges Annual Awards.
December issue of site newspaper now online
04 December 2009
The December issue of the Dounreay News has been published online.
October performance figures published online
02 December 2009
Dounreay's performance report for October has been published.
World's deepest clean-up job wins fourth top award
20 November 2009
The world's deepest nuclear clean-up job has won another top award for engineering excellence.
New report assesses public dose from Dounreay
19 November 2009
A new report provides an independent assessment of the levels of radioactivity that members of the public are exposed to near Dounreay.
Website survey results published
19 November 2009
Nine out of ten people who took part in a survey say their impression of Dounreay has changed for the better after using the dounreay.com website.
November Dounreay News online today
03 November 2009
The November issue of the site's monthly newspaper, Dounreay News, is available online.
September performance report published online
27 October 2009
DSRL's most recent monthly performance report has been published.
Top engineering award for shaft clean-up project
20 October 2009
Dounreay’s multi award-winning shaft clean-up project has earned yet another top engineering award.
October's Dounreay News published today
01 October 2009
The October issue of the site's monthly newspaper, Dounreay News, is available online.
Reactor decommissioning film goes live
01 October 2009
A new film has been produced showing the decommissioning progress within the redundant Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR).
'Decommissioning Dounreay' now on-line
29 September 2009
Scotland’s biggest nuclear decommissioning project is featured in a 32-page colour newspaper being distributed widely across the Northern Highlands.
August performance report available online
24 September 2009
DSRL's most recent monthly performance report has been published.
NDA launches competition for Dounreay
22 September 2009
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has launched its competition for the ownership of Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd.
DSRL's owners to be acquired by Babcock
18 September 2009
It was announced today that Babcock International Group PLC, the engineering support services company, is to acquire UKAEA Ltd, the parent company of Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd.
UK Minister sees first screening of new clean-up film
07 September 2009
UK Government Minister Lord Hunt today visited the site of Scotland’s most successful nuclear clean-up project and watched the first screening of a film about its clean-out and demolition.
September's Dounreay News now published
01 September 2009
The September issue of the site's monthly newspaper, Dounreay News, has been published.
July site performance report now online
26 August 2009
The site clean-up performance report for July 2009 has now been published.
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.
Free poster shows clean-up progress under NDA
05 August 2009
Fifty-two buildings flattened, an area of the site equivalent to three football pitches razed to the ground, no nuclear accidents and a five-fold reduction in injuries . . .
August issue of site newspaper online
03 August 2009
The August issue of the site's monthly newspaper, Dounreay News, is available online.
June performance report published
29 July 2009
The site clean-up performance report for June 2009 has now been published.
July's issue of Dounreay News available online
03 July 2009
The June issue of the site's monthly newspaper, Dounreay News, is available to read online.
Dounreay publishes its monthly performance report for May
01 July 2009
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd has published its monthly performance report for May.
New film captures clean-up progress
17 June 2009
A new film about decommissioning Dounreay gets its first public screening today at a national stakeholder event in Manchester run by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
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.
June issue of Dounreay News published today
29 May 2009
The June issue of the site's monthly newspaper, Dounreay News, is available online.
Performance Report for March now published
01 May 2009
The site clean-up performance report for March 2009 has now been published.
May issue of Dounreay News online now
01 May 2009
The May issue of Dounreay News has been published and is available on the website.
April 'Dounreay News' published today
01 April 2009
The new look Dounreay News is on the site's news stands today.
February site performance report out today
01 April 2009
The site clean-up performance report for February 2009 has now been published.
Shaft clean-up hailed by more award judges
16 March 2009
Dounreay’s award-winning shaft clean-up project has earned more industry plaudits.
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
March issue of Dounreay News now published
02 March 2009
The March issue of Dounreay News has now been published.
Dounreay's performance report for January now available
02 March 2009
The site clean-up performance report for January 2009 has now been published.
February issue of Dounreay News now available
03 February 2009
The February issue of the site's newspaper is now available. Once again, it's a bumper 16-page edition.
Plasma-arc cuts through old fuel plant
29 January 2009
Dounreay's latest monthly performance report is now available.
December issue of Dounreay News now published
03 December 2008
The December issue of the site's magazine, Dounreay News, has now been published. This month its a bumper 16-page edition.
October's site performance report is out now
03 December 2008
The site's performance report for October has been published.
TV viewers look inside historic plutonium cell
20 November 2008
Fifty years ago, it was the hub of plutonium research in the UK. Today, all that remains is a shell of a building awaiting demolition.
November's Dounreay News out now
03 November 2008
The November issue of the site's newspaper, Dounreay News, was published today.
September's Performance Report published
03 November 2008
Dounreay's latest monthly performance report has been published.
Clean-up featured in 32-page colour tabloid
01 October 2008
More than 100 images of decommissioning work at Dounreay are featured in a 32-page, full-colour supplement published by North of Scotland Newspapers.
Dounreay News published
29 September 2008
The October edition has been published of Dounreay News, the monthly site newspaper.
August performance report published
29 September 2008
Dounreay's latest monthly performance report has been published.
September issue of 'Dounreay News' published
01 September 2008
The September issue of the site newspaper, Dounreay News, has been published.
Demolition of "atomic factory" broadcast via Internet
21 August 2008
>Demolition of Scotland’s “atomic factory” is now being broadcast on the Internet.
August issue of Dounreay News published today
01 August 2008
The August issue of the site's newspaper, Dounreay News, has been published.
Dounreay history brings windfall for charities
28 July 2008
Charities in Caithness and north Sutherland are set for a cash windfall thanks to a new book marking the 50th anniversary of the nuclear experiment at Dounreay.
Dounreay's pioneering history is retold in 50th anniversary book
09 July 2008
A new book captures the remarkable story of how a remote farming area in the Scottish Highlands was catapulted to the forefront of nuclear development 50 years ago.
2025 vision of Dounreay's waste is published
01 July 2008
Dounreay today paints the most vivid picture yet of how the site will look once decommissioning is complete in 2025.
Book to tell 50 years of Dounreay
20 June 2008
The story of Dounreay, its leading role in the world quest for energy and its impact on the wellbeing of the far north of Scotland are all captured in a new book to be published next month.
June issue of Dounreay News published
30 May 2008
The June issue of the site's newspaper Dounreay News has been published.
Site publishes monthly performance report
28 May 2008
A new monthly performance report is published today by Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd.
Dounreay to issue new performance report
15 May 2008
A new monthly performance report is to be published by Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd.
Dounreay News May edition
01 May 2008
The May issue of the site's newspaper, Dounreay News, has been published. To read, click here
Dounreay News April edition
01 April 2008
The April issue of the Dounreay News, the site's newspaper, has now been published.
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