Site End State

What condition should the Dounreay site be left in when decommissioning is complete?

How much of the radioactive contamination known to be present in areas of the site can be left in the ground to decay and how much needs to be removed? At what point does clean-up reach a point that is publicly acceptable?

The answers to these important questions determine the scope of the site clean-up and firm up the total estimated cost.

In 2007, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority asked the site stakeholder group to consult locally on the preferred end state.

Its recommendations were taken forward by the NDA in discussions with regulators, Government and other parties to arrive at a consensus that will inform future editions of the Dounreay lifetime plan. This is the document prepared annually by the site that sets out all the work that still needs to be done to close down the site.

These pages will be updated with information on how the site will:

•keep stakeholders abreast of what Dounreay will look like as the years pass
•the impact of Government policy and NDA strategy upon the end state
•manage its heritage and assets
•look after contaminated land
•monitor the environment to demonstrate the site remains safe in future
•keep stakeholders informed of events at Dounreay after decommissioning is completed
•meet the recommended end state.

More details of the site end state.


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