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		<title>Dounreay Destruction of Major Hazard</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2012/04/dounreay-destruction-of-major-hazard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dounreay has completed the destruction of one of the most hazardous legacies of Britain’s earliest atomic research. A purpose-built chemical plant processed the last of 57,000 litres of liquid metal lifted from the primary cooling circuit of the experimental fast breeder reactor. The coolant – an alloy of sodium and potassium (NaK) &#8211; was a major chemical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Babcock Dounreay Partnership Takes the Helm</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2012/04/babcock-dounreay-partnership-takes-the-helm/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2012/04/babcock-dounreay-partnership-takes-the-helm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Babcock Dounreay Partnership (BDP) has today (Monday 2 April 2012) been formally awarded the contract to manage the decommissioning, demolition and clean-up of the Dounreay nuclear site, having officially taken ownership of Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DRSL).  The contract, awarded to BDP (a joint venture between Babcock, CH2M Hill and URS) by the Nuclear Decommissioning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scottish Government Rules on Waste Substitution</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2012/03/scottish-government-rules-on-waste-substitution/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2012/03/scottish-government-rules-on-waste-substitution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/?p=2509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Government has announced the outcome of consultation on the return of radioactive waste to countries that sent their nuclear fuel to Dounreay in the 1990s for reprocessing. The UK Atomic Energy Authority entered into contracts with a number of foreign customers when it operated the site and these required the waste to be sent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NDA Examines Options for Dounreay &#8216;exotic&#8217; Fuels</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2012/02/nda-examines-options-for-dounreay-exotic-fuels/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2012/02/nda-examines-options-for-dounreay-exotic-fuels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NDA has today published a Credible Options Study covering the remaining nuclear materials at Dounreay referred to as &#8216;exotics&#8217;. The study identifies two strategic options for the material. These are to: transport them to Sellafield for management manage them at Dounreay  NDA has studied the high level management options associated with the exotics and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dounreay Waste Disposal Facility</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2012/01/dounreay-waste-disposal-facility/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2012/01/dounreay-waste-disposal-facility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Waste Management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/?p=2345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ SEPA has announced its intention to hold a public consultation on the proposed solid low level radioactive waste disposal facility at Dounreay. DSRL applied to SEPA in November 2010 for an authorisation to disposal of solid low level waste in the new disposal facility, which is currently under construction. The public consultation is expected to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dounreay Major Hazard Reduction End in Sight</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2012/01/dounreay-major-hazard-reduction-end-in-sight/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2012/01/dounreay-major-hazard-reduction-end-in-sight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dounreay is close to completing one of Britain’s most important nuclear clean-up tasks in&#160;the destruction of liquid metal from Britain’s experimental fast breeder reactor. The contaminated alloy of sodium and potassium was used as coolant in the defunct reactor and its safe destruction is one of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s biggest priorities in the UK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Babcock Dounreay Partnership Success</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/11/babcock-dounreay-partnership-dounreay-success/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/11/babcock-dounreay-partnership-dounreay-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/?p=2101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Babcock Dounreay Partnership is the preferred bidder in the competition to take ownership of Dounreay Site Restoration Limited, after a two-year public procurement process.  Following a mandatory 10-day standstill period, a three-month transition phase will begin during which the contract between the NDA and Babcock Dounreay Partnership will be finalised with the aim of awarding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dounreay Environmental Award</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/11/dounreay-environmental-award/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/11/dounreay-environmental-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/?p=2053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The British Safety Council has named Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd one of the country’s top companies for its standards of environmental management. Britain’s leading workplace safety body audited the systems in place at the site to protect the environment from harm during decommissioning of the major chemical and radiological hazards. The company achieved the highest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dounreay Passes Nuclear Training Tests</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/11/dounreay-passes-nuclear-training-tests/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/11/dounreay-passes-nuclear-training-tests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/?p=2040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dounreay’s in-housing training service has itself gained a new qualification – and praise from the UK Government Minister in charge of building up Britain’s nuclear skills base. The site is among the first in the UK to pass the test for new national standards in the training and development of nuclear workers. It’s good news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dounreay Invites Tenders for Grout Plant</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/11/dounreay-invites-tenders-for-grout-plant/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/11/dounreay-invites-tenders-for-grout-plant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An invitation to tender for the design and construction of a plant to grout low-level radioactive waste LLW  at Dounreay was issued to seven companies today, following a selection process that began in July. The companies invited to tender are Costain Oil Gas &#38; Process Ltd, Graham Construction, Nuvia Ltd, NUKEM Technologies, ONET Technologies UK, Portasilo [...]]]></description>
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