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Rope access experts have been abseiling down 20 metre high rock walls around Dounreay’s low level radioactive waste vaults, carrying out rock face maintenance and stabilisation work.
The latest port development at Scrabster Harbour, close to the Dounreay site in Caithness, was officially opened on 10 December 2021.
DSRL, the University of the Highlands and Islands and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) have collaborated to develop an innovation workshop for some of Dounreay’s future talent.
DSRL is funding research through the University of the Highlands and Islands for a critical PhD project to model the behaviour of legacy radioactive particles in the marine environment at Dounreay.
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Dounreay is responsible for the safe and secure clean-up of the Dounreay nuclear site.
Dounreay works with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
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- NDA Draft Business Plan 2021 to 2024 for Consultation
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Draft Strategy for Consultation
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- Radioactive particles in the environment around Dounreay
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Annual Report and Accounts 2020 to 2021
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