Dounreay
Sign in to saveDounreay (; ) is a small settlement and the site of two large nuclear establishments on the north coast of Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland. It is on the A836 road west of Thurso.
Key facts
- Power station.name
- Dounreay nuclear site
- Power station.image
- DounreayJM.jpg
- Power station.image_caption
- View of site in 2006, with DFR sphere at centre
- Power station.name_official
- NRS Dounreay Formerly: UKAEA Dounreay; Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment
- Power station.country
- United Kingdom
- Power station.np_reactors
- 3
- Power station.np_reactor_type
- Fast breeder reactor
- Power station.ps_site_area
- 135 acre
- Power station.ps_units_operational
- None operational
- Power station.ps_electrical_capacity
- DFR 14 MWePFR 250 MWe
- Power station.ps_annual_generation
- DFR55.9 GWh (Peak 1972)32.1 GWh (Average 1972-77)PFR1042.6 GWh (Peak 1989)528.1 GWh (Average 1978-91)
- Power station.owner
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- Power station.operator
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority(1955–2008)Dounreay Site Restoration Limited(2008–2023)Nuclear Restoration Services(2023–present)
- Power station.employees
- 1,283 (staff)700 (contractors)[2022]
- Power station.commissioned
- 1955
- Power station.decommissioned
- 1994 (ceased generating but other activities continued)
- Power station.status
- Decommissioning in progress
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Dounreay settlement
- Nuclear sites
- Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment
- Dounreay Materials Test Reactor (DMTR)
- Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR)
- Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR)
- Fuel Cycle Area (FCA)
- Material Test Reactor (MTR) Fuel Reprocessing Plant
- Dounreay Fast Reactor Irradiated Fuel Reprocessing Plant
- Subsequent activity
- Significant accidents
- Sodium explosion
- Radioactive fuel swarf
- Major power failure
- Removal of fuel
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority ownership
- Framework contracts
- Vulcan Naval Reactor Testing Establishment (NRTE)
- See also
- References
- External links
Dounreay (; ) is a small settlement and the site of two large nuclear establishments on the north coast of Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland. It is on the A836 road west of Thurso.
The nuclear establishments were created in the 1950s. They were the Nuclear Power Development Establishment (NPDE), now known as NRS Dounreay, for the development of civil fast breeder reactors, and the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment (NRTE), a military submarine reactor testing facility. Both have ended operations and are being decommissioned. The two establishments have been a major element in the economy of Thurso and Caithness, but this will decrease with the progress of decommissioning.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dounreay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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