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2010 Heritage News
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About us
Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) is the site licence company responsible for the closure programme at Britain's former centre of fast reactor research and development....
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....
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?...
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....
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....
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)....
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....
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....
Minor works
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News Room
For the latest stories relating to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority you can access a live news feed showing recent external news coverage....
Nuclear Fuel
Dounreay’s purpose was to research and develop more efficient ways to generate electricity from uranium and plutonium...
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....
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....
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?...
Socio Economics
The site closure programme at Dounreay is currently worth an estimated £80 million a year to the economy of Caithness and north Sutherland....
Subscribe to news@dounreay.com
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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....
Waste
Waste is the product of decommissioning....
49 news items
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.
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.
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'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.
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.
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.
July's Dounreay News now on-line
07 July 2011
July's Dounreay News is now available to read on-line.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
September's Dounreay News now published
01 September 2009
The September issue of the site's monthly newspaper, Dounreay News, has 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.
June issue of Dounreay News published today
29 May 2009
The June issue of the site's monthly newspaper, Dounreay News, is available online.
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.
Shaft clean-up hailed by more award judges
16 March 2009
Dounreay’s award-winning shaft clean-up project has earned more industry plaudits.
March issue of Dounreay News now published
02 March 2009
The March issue of Dounreay News 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.
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.
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.
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.
August issue of Dounreay News published today
01 August 2008
The August issue of the site's newspaper, Dounreay News, has been published.
June issue of Dounreay News published
30 May 2008
The June issue of the site's newspaper Dounreay News has been published.
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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