Dounreay (/ˌduːnˈreɪ/;Scottish Gaelic:Dùnrath) (Ordnance Surveygrid referenceNC982669) is on the north coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland and west of the town of Thurso. Dounreay was originally the site of a castle (now a ruin) and its name derives from the Gaelic for 'fort on a mound.' Since the 1950s it has been the site of two nuclear establishments, for the development of prototype fast breeder reactors and submarine reactor testing. Most of these facilities are now being decommissioned.
History
Dounreay formed part of the battlefield of the Sandside Chase in 1437.
The site is used by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment) and the Ministry of Defence (Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment), and the site is best known for its five nuclear reactors, three owned and operated by the UKAEA and two by the Ministry of Defence.
The nuclear power establishment was built on the site of a World War IIairfield, called RAF Station Dounreay. It became HMS Tern (II) when the airfield was transferred to the Admiralty by RAF Coastal Command in 1944, as a satellite of HMSTern at Twatt in Orkney. It never saw any action during the war and was placed into care and maintenance in 1949.
Dounreay The Atomic Dream [BBC 2006 documentary]
Director: Paul Overton
published: 21 Jul 2019
History of the shaft
A potted history of Dounreay's 65m deep waste shaft, used to deposit intermediate level radioactive waste, until an explosion in 1977
published: 04 Jun 2010
Fast Reactors - The Dounreay Connection Part 1.
1994 promo video by UKAEA.
published: 20 Feb 2011
Introduction to Dounreay
The video provides an overview of one of the most complex nuclear site closure projects in Europe, where the workforce is engaged in taking apart Britain’s former centre of research and development.
published: 03 Apr 2017
I work at Dounreay
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority produced this film in the early 1980s as part of their recruitment drive to persuade young scientists and engineers to choose Dounreay as a career move. Seven young people, metallurgists, scientific officers, chemical engineers and physicists carrying out research and development, speak about their jobs and about living in the wider community.
published: 02 Sep 2013
Weird Underground Base's Near Dounreay Nuclear Power Plant
Whilst messing around with Google Earth I stumbled upon a very interesting looking bunch of Lochs just south of the Dounreay Nuclear power planet, the Lochs may contain some underground facility or maybe it's just a computing imaging problem with Google earth, whatever it is, they are definitely interesting to look at.
To get you started, here's the co ordinaries to Loch Scye "Latitude - 58°28'27.04"N Longitude - 3°42'15.40"W", this Loch interests me the most because it seem's to have some sort of writing, anyway take a look and tell me what you think.
published: 17 Jun 2012
Dounreay Fast Nuclear Reactor
The FootageDirect archive includes historical and contemporary footage covering a wide range of subjects from corporate images to war footage, public domain movies and film trailers to industry archive and modern.
published: 12 Feb 2015
Material being removed from the Dounreay Fast Reactor
This is a short film clip of breeder material, which has been jammed in the Dounreay Fast Reactor vessel for decades, being removed using remotely operated tools. For more information on the work being undertaken to decommission the reactor, visit www.dounreay.com
The video provides an overview of one of the most complex nuclear site closure projects in Europe, where the workforce is engaged in taking apart Britain’s form...
The video provides an overview of one of the most complex nuclear site closure projects in Europe, where the workforce is engaged in taking apart Britain’s former centre of research and development.
The video provides an overview of one of the most complex nuclear site closure projects in Europe, where the workforce is engaged in taking apart Britain’s former centre of research and development.
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority produced this film in the early 1980s as part of their recruitment drive to persuade young scientists and engineers t...
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority produced this film in the early 1980s as part of their recruitment drive to persuade young scientists and engineers to choose Dounreay as a career move. Seven young people, metallurgists, scientific officers, chemical engineers and physicists carrying out research and development, speak about their jobs and about living in the wider community.
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority produced this film in the early 1980s as part of their recruitment drive to persuade young scientists and engineers to choose Dounreay as a career move. Seven young people, metallurgists, scientific officers, chemical engineers and physicists carrying out research and development, speak about their jobs and about living in the wider community.
Whilst messing around with Google Earth I stumbled upon a very interesting looking bunch of Lochs just south of the Dounreay Nuclear power planet, the Lochs may...
Whilst messing around with Google Earth I stumbled upon a very interesting looking bunch of Lochs just south of the Dounreay Nuclear power planet, the Lochs may contain some underground facility or maybe it's just a computing imaging problem with Google earth, whatever it is, they are definitely interesting to look at.
To get you started, here's the co ordinaries to Loch Scye "Latitude - 58°28'27.04"N Longitude - 3°42'15.40"W", this Loch interests me the most because it seem's to have some sort of writing, anyway take a look and tell me what you think.
Whilst messing around with Google Earth I stumbled upon a very interesting looking bunch of Lochs just south of the Dounreay Nuclear power planet, the Lochs may contain some underground facility or maybe it's just a computing imaging problem with Google earth, whatever it is, they are definitely interesting to look at.
To get you started, here's the co ordinaries to Loch Scye "Latitude - 58°28'27.04"N Longitude - 3°42'15.40"W", this Loch interests me the most because it seem's to have some sort of writing, anyway take a look and tell me what you think.
The FootageDirect archive includes historical and contemporary footage covering a wide range of subjects from corporate images to war footage, public domain mov...
The FootageDirect archive includes historical and contemporary footage covering a wide range of subjects from corporate images to war footage, public domain movies and film trailers to industry archive and modern.
The FootageDirect archive includes historical and contemporary footage covering a wide range of subjects from corporate images to war footage, public domain movies and film trailers to industry archive and modern.
This is a short film clip of breeder material, which has been jammed in the Dounreay Fast Reactor vessel for decades, being removed using remotely operated tool...
This is a short film clip of breeder material, which has been jammed in the Dounreay Fast Reactor vessel for decades, being removed using remotely operated tools. For more information on the work being undertaken to decommission the reactor, visit www.dounreay.com
This is a short film clip of breeder material, which has been jammed in the Dounreay Fast Reactor vessel for decades, being removed using remotely operated tools. For more information on the work being undertaken to decommission the reactor, visit www.dounreay.com
The video provides an overview of one of the most complex nuclear site closure projects in Europe, where the workforce is engaged in taking apart Britain’s former centre of research and development.
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority produced this film in the early 1980s as part of their recruitment drive to persuade young scientists and engineers to choose Dounreay as a career move. Seven young people, metallurgists, scientific officers, chemical engineers and physicists carrying out research and development, speak about their jobs and about living in the wider community.
Whilst messing around with Google Earth I stumbled upon a very interesting looking bunch of Lochs just south of the Dounreay Nuclear power planet, the Lochs may contain some underground facility or maybe it's just a computing imaging problem with Google earth, whatever it is, they are definitely interesting to look at.
To get you started, here's the co ordinaries to Loch Scye "Latitude - 58°28'27.04"N Longitude - 3°42'15.40"W", this Loch interests me the most because it seem's to have some sort of writing, anyway take a look and tell me what you think.
The FootageDirect archive includes historical and contemporary footage covering a wide range of subjects from corporate images to war footage, public domain movies and film trailers to industry archive and modern.
This is a short film clip of breeder material, which has been jammed in the Dounreay Fast Reactor vessel for decades, being removed using remotely operated tools. For more information on the work being undertaken to decommission the reactor, visit www.dounreay.com
Dounreay (/ˌduːnˈreɪ/;Scottish Gaelic:Dùnrath) (Ordnance Surveygrid referenceNC982669) is on the north coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland and west of the town of Thurso. Dounreay was originally the site of a castle (now a ruin) and its name derives from the Gaelic for 'fort on a mound.' Since the 1950s it has been the site of two nuclear establishments, for the development of prototype fast breeder reactors and submarine reactor testing. Most of these facilities are now being decommissioned.
History
Dounreay formed part of the battlefield of the Sandside Chase in 1437.
The site is used by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment) and the Ministry of Defence (Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment), and the site is best known for its five nuclear reactors, three owned and operated by the UKAEA and two by the Ministry of Defence.
The nuclear power establishment was built on the site of a World War IIairfield, called RAF Station Dounreay. It became HMS Tern (II) when the airfield was transferred to the Admiralty by RAF Coastal Command in 1944, as a satellite of HMSTern at Twatt in Orkney. It never saw any action during the war and was placed into care and maintenance in 1949.
I wonder when this poison seed made a root and grew a weed I wonder when I taught my feet not to walk down certain streets I want to feel what I believe: that we are all the same It’s not our houses, it’s our hearts 1000 miles apart You stay there, and I'll stay here, into our corners we disappear And we don’t ever have to talk, 'cause you like hiphop and I like rock But sometimes thoughts hurt just as bad as striking cheeks with hands It’s less our homes and more our hearts 1000 miles apart When will we have eyes to see? When will we learn? Will we ever have eyes to see That from our colours we learn? A change of heart, a change of tune, can we forgive each other’s wounds? Can we cut down this fence of weeds, and neighbors, close as brothers, be? Cannot love conquer even when we don’t look the same?
) News storyDounreay engineer wins YoungChemical Engineer of the Year ... Judges were impressed by his work prototyping the complex machinery that will be used to process radioactive and chemical waste from the shaft and silo facilities at Dounreay.
) News story Snakebot inspections a tight squeeze at Dounreay. A new snake-like inspection robot has been trialed at Dounreay to survey confined areas ...University during the deployments at Dounreay.
PDF. Workers at Dounreay nuclear power complex have voted to strike ... Dounreay joined Magnox Ltd last year and then became part of NuclearRestoration Services, which is responsible for the clean-up of the Caithness site and 11 others across the UK.
The Dounreay nuclear power research facility site in Caithness. GETTY. 1. Workers at Dounreay nuclear power complex have voted to strike after long-running pay talks stalled ... He added. “Given the. Related articles. SCOTTISH BUSINESS DIGEST ... SianBradley ... .
) Corporate report The Dounreay socio economic annual review 2022 to 2023. This report gives a brief overview of Dounreay socio-economic funding commitments for the financial year 2022 to 2023 ... Dounreay socio-economic annual review 2022 to 2023.
) News story New plug seals Dounreay reactor clean-up ... From.Dounreay , Magnox Ltd, and NuclearDecommissioning AuthorityPublished22 June 2023. Dounreay's prototype fast reactor decommissioning team is ...