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Dounreay has awarded an important waste clean-up contract to Jacobs as the site plans for the future of its deepest historic radioactive waste store.
Nuclear material left over from Dounreay’s research work in the 20th century is being returned to national fuel stocks as part of the site’s clean-up and closure.
Hazel Blears has been appointed as the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s Social Value Specialist.
Foreign reactor operators who sent their spent fuel to Dounreay in the 1990s for reprocessing have begun taking back their waste.
The NDA is carrying out a study to re-evaluate the decommissioning supply chain and establish whether any revisions to its strategy are needed.
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Babcock Dounreay Partnership.
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.
Plans to build a £20 million nuclear archive in Caithness moved forward as the public was invited to view the plans at an open day in Wick on November 26.
The Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) sodium tank farm houses four tanks that contain sodium residues from the operation of the reactor.
Shining examples of safety and wellbeing in the nuclear industry have been honoured at a top awards ceremony today.
Information on the Dounreay Stakeholder Group, socio economic initiatives and community funding as well as the company's heritage activities.
The site’s oldest reactor, the Dounreay Materials Test Reactor, is leading the way in demolition waste recycling as internal dismantling continues.
Staff at the Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR) have achieved thirteen years without a lost time accident, or 4,748 days of safe working.
A showcase of talent was on display at a prestigious awards night to celebrate world class nuclear skills.
Dounreay shared its knowledge of nuclear decommissioning with more than 50 specialists who attended an International Atomic Energy Agency meeting at the site last week.
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd is strengthening its capacity to deliver the closure of the site in 2022-25 by changing the way some essential services are delivered.
This report describes the NDA’s approach to sustainability
Hoisting out giant pieces of redundant equipment is becoming second nature to the project teams working at PFR.
Seven Dounreay apprentices have received their indenture certificates at a special event to mark the successful conclusion of their 4-year training programme.
This report provides the status of the group key targets and Business Plan activities as at the mid-year of the 2022 to 2023 financial year.
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