Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd -Site Closure

Site Closure

Our objective in decommissioning Dounreay is to close down the site and leave it in a safe condition for future generations.

The completion of decommissioning is known as the "interim end state" - the point when all the redundant buildings have been cleaned out and demolished.

Over the last decade, the forecast date for completion of this work accelerated from 2063 to 2025.

A new date for completion of this work is expected in 2012, as a result of the competition being held by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for a new contractor to manage Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd.

There will be a continuing need to manage the site beyond the "interim end state".

There will be a requirement to look after nuclear materials that may remain in store here, as well as the radioactive waste and contaminated ground.

The "end state" for the site is the condition it will be left in for future generations. This was the subject of recent public consultation.

Another issue of public interest is the impact on the local economy of site closure, with the workforce expect to drop to a few tens of people upon completion.

This section of the website contains more information about this and other important issues arising from the closure of Dounreay.

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