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Two large redundant items that were removed from Dounreay’s facilities have now left the site for disposal or diversion, opening up new waste routes.
Prototype Fast Reactor sodium tanks
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At approximately 8:00pm on 20 April, site emergency personnel responded to a call at the sodium storage tanks at the Prototype Fast Reactor complex.
Robot goes underground at Dounreay
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A robot has successfully surveyed an underground radioactive ventilation duct in Dounreay’s redundant laboratories.
Original internal steelwork is being stripped out of the Dounreay Material Test Reactor (DMTR) as it continues preparations for a major skyline change.
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