10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOUNREAY»
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Dounreay in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Nuclear Decommissioning, Waste Management, and Environmental ...
1 9.2 54,653 Replace/upgrade/maintenance of existing Dounreay 2.534 2,534
equipment (>£50 k<£250 k) 2 9.2 55,971 Decomm/C&M of pulse column rig
glovebox Dounreay 756 3,290 in D2670 3 8.6 54,401 Oxide Treatment Facility ...
Colin Bayliss, Kevin Langley, 2003
Can we be happy with the safety at Dounreay? Two weeks ago BBC's Panorama
discussed the alleged loss of two plutonium pins from the United Kingdom Atomic
Energy Authority's fast reactor at Dounreay. The UKAEA's reaction to the ...
The plant is similar to the one at Dounreay and it has the advantage of a cell
designed for experiments into techniques to dissolve spent fuel. France is also
well advanced on the design of MAR 600, a plant which will reprocess up to 60
tonnes ...
A bright future for fast reactors After years of delay and disappointment the fast
breeder reactor at Dounreay is now demonstrating that large, safe reactors using
enriched fuel could be built which would produce cheap power. Present optimism
...
Down Dounreay way Bernard Dixon to the incident. World in Action had then
secured more detailed information, not freely provided at Dounreay, through
sworn statements from staff at the plant. Even with the improvements that have
taken ...
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Britain's smaller reprocessing plant, Dounreay, was also shut down — for "an
extensive safety audit." Years ago, Dounreay disposed of some of its wastes by
dumping them in a shaft leading into the sea. In 1977, however, the wastes in the
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ARRANGEMENTS to monitor the - environment around the nuclear reprocessing
plant planned for Dounreay were criticised this week as "inadequate" by one of
Britain's senior ecologists. Professor George Dunnet, from Aberdeen University, ...
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Nuclear Decommissioning: Planning, Execution and ...
cutting techniques application: pros and cons, 313–14 Dounreay fuel cycle area (
FCA), 723 Dounreay low-level waste-disposal facility, cutting vs intact handling of
large components, 308–11 direct disposal, 308–9 external treatment, 309–10 ...
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Radiation Dose Management in the Nuclear Industry: ...
Introduction The Dounreay Nuclear Complex is located on a coastal site in the
extreme north of Scotland. The complex has been in operation for the last 40
years, during which time 3 reactors, 2 fuel fabrication plants, 2 fuel reprocessing
plants ...
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Radioactive Waste Management and Contaminated Site Clean-Up: ...
The UK government started construction of the Dounreay research station near
Thurso in Caithness in 1955 to undertake a major research programme on fast
reactor technology (Fig 17.1). The programme was stopped in the mid-1990s as it
...
W. E. Lee, M. I. Ojovan, C Jantzen, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOUNREAY»
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Dounreay is used in the context of the following news items.
Dounreay operator resumes work at scene of fire
Work has restarted in an area of the Dounreay nuclear power complex affected by a fire last year. The incident, in part of the Prototype Fast ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
Scots formula could clean up toxic beaches
A beach at Dounreay in Caithness has also suffered from radioactive contamination. Thousands of particles have washed up on the foreshore, ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
Scotland could be 'floating wind' energy leader
... in 2017 and could become the world's first floating wind farm. Two more pilot schemes, near Kincardine and Dounreay, are planned for 2018. «Scotsman, Jun 15»
M+W Group selected as consultant for Dounreay site …
Dounreay Site Restoration (DSRL) has awarded a contract to M+W Group to serve as consultant for Shaft and Silo decommissioning project in ... «Energy Business Review, Jun 15»
Dounreay completes first phase of breeder shipments
Some 11 tonnes of "breeder" material that had been in storage at the Dounreay site in Scotland has now been transported to the Sellafield site ... «World Nuclear News, May 15»
Dounreay to Sellafield nuclear shipments completed
Work to move the irradiated uranium, a material used in the making of fuel for nuclear power stations, from Dounreay to Sellafield started in ... «BBC News, May 15»
Waste emplacement begins at Dounreay disposal vaults
The first two vaults of the new low-level waste (LLW) disposal facility at the UK's Dounreay site has begun accepting waste. Up to four ... «World Nuclear News, May 15»
Dounreay to be subject of PhD research project
The impact of the Dounreay nuclear complex on the north of Scotland will be examined in a new academic research project. A PhD studentship ... «BBC News, May 15»
Dounreay dome demolition could start in 2022
In 2007, Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL), the company that manages the site, released the results of public consultation on future ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
Bespoke equipment trial completed at Dounreay
A trial of bespoke equipment to lift off the top plate of the Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR) in Scotland in order to remove trapped fuel elements ... «World Nuclear News, Mar 15»
