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		<title>Dounreay Waste Disposal Facility</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2012/01/dounreay-waste-disposal-facility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Waste Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dounreay]]></category>
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		<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[Decommisssioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dounreay]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[babcock]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NDA]]></category>

		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Decommissioning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[safety]]></category>

		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[dounreay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[waste]]></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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		<title>Dounreay Radioactive Waste Plan</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/09/dounreay-radioactive-waste-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/09/dounreay-radioactive-waste-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decommissioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dounreay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dounreay’s decommissioning contractor sets out what will happen to an estimated 300,000 tonnes of radioactive  material from the clean-out and closure of the former nuclear research site. More than 99 per cent is expected to remain indefinitely at Dounreay. A small amount of foreign radioactive waste and a stock of nuclear fuel inherited by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opening Up the Nuclear Market</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/08/opening-up-the-nuclear-market/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/08/opening-up-the-nuclear-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dounreay]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/?p=1696</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd is working with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority NDA and Scotland&#8217;s enterprise network to make it easier for companies to win work in the nuclear marketplace. Company representatives attended a one-day workshop with the NDA and site licence companies to explore ways to help small and medium-size enterprises. Among proposals to emerge are: A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New LLW Grout Plant Contract</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/08/new-llw-grout-plant-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/08/new-llw-grout-plant-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/?p=1673</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A notice published today in the Official Journal of the European Union seeks expressions of interest from companies capable of building a plant to grout low-level radioactive waste prior to its disposal at Dounreay. Compacted waste from the clean-out and demolition of the site is currently stored in shipping containers and these need to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>£20m &#8216;Swiss Army Knife&#8217; Will Harvest Nuclear Material</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/07/20m-swiss-army-knife-will-harvest-nuclear-material/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/07/20m-swiss-army-knife-will-harvest-nuclear-material/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Decommisssioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dounreay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast reactor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 16-piece tool designed to reach deep inside one of Britain’s earliest atomic experiments and harvest the nuclear material that once promised to revolutionise how the nation generated its electricity. Measuring 40ft in length, each of its 16 different tool-bits has been designed to withstand the harsh operating conditions inside the Dounreay Fast Reactor. The [...]]]></description>
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