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    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 nine miles (fourteen kilometres) west of Thurso. The nuclear establishments were created in the 1950s. They were, the Nuclear

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    Dounreay is the site of Dounreay Castle (now a ruin) and its name derives from the Gaelic for 'fort on a mound'. Dounreay was the site of the battle of Sandside Chase in 1437. Robert Gordon's map of Caithness, 1642, uses Dounrae as the

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    Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment was formed in 1955 primarily to pursue the UK Government policy of developing civil fast breeder reactor (FBR) technology. The site was operated by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).

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    Following the 1998 report, the Department of Trade and Industry was presented with three options for dealing with 25 tonnes of radioactive reactor fuel at Dounreay. The options were:

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    The Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment (NRTE) (formerly HMS Vulcan) is a Ministry of Defence (MoD) establishment housing the

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    There are two nuclear sites at Lower Dounreay built on and around the site of the former airfield. The Nuclear Power Development Establishment site is owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) but was previously owned and run by the

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    Sodium explosion
    A 65-metre (213 ft) deep shaft at the plant was packed with radioactive waste and at least 2 kg of sodium and potassium. On 10 May 1977, seawater, which flooded the shaft, reacted violently with the sodium and potassium, throwing

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    On 1 April 2005, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) became the owner of the site, with the UKAEA remaining as operator.

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    Dounreay est à la fois le nom d'un château en ruine situé sur la côte de Caithness au nord de l'Écosse dans la région des Highlands et d'un centre de centre de recherches nucléaires. Jusqu'en 1949, c'était un aérodrome qui avait été utilisé pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Dounreay est localisé à environ 14 km à l'ouest de la ville de Thurso en Écosse.

    • Localisation: Écosse, Royaume-Uni
    • Mise en service: DMTR : 1958, DFR : 1959, PFR : 1974, PWR1 : 1965, PWR2 : 1987
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    Where is Dounreay?
    The village is on the A836 road some 12 miles (19 km) west of the town of Thurso and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Dounreay . Along with Thurso the village grew dramatically in the mid-20th century with the development of the experimental nuclear power facility at Dounreay, where technologies such as fast breeder reactors were developed.
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    How did Dounreay get its name?
    Dounreay is the site of Dounreay Castle (now a ruin) and its name derives from the Gaelic for 'fort on a mound'. Dounreay was the site of the battle of Sandside Chase in 1437. Robert Gordon 's map of Caithness, 1642, uses Dounrae as the name of the castle.
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    What is happening to the NRTE Dounreay?
    The NRTE is to be decommissioned under a 10-year contract starting in 2023, ending in the creation of a brownfield site, which would be transferred to the NDA. Dounreay is the site of Dounreay Castle (now a ruin) and its name derives from the Gaelic for 'fort on a mound'. Dounreay was the site of the battle of Sandside Chase in 1437.
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    Who owns the Dounreay nuclear site?
    On 1 April 2005 the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) became the owner of the site, with the UKAEA remaining as operator. Decommissioning of Dounreay was initially planned to bring the site to an interim care and surveillance state by 2036, and as a brownfield site by 2336, at a total cost of £ 2.9 billion.
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    • Dounreay Castle is a ruined 16th-century L-plan castle, about 8 miles west of Thurso, Highland, Scotland, within the grounds of Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment. It is also known as Dounreay House. The castle and its associated structures are a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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      RAF Dounreay From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia RAF Dounreay was built for RAF Coastal Command in 1944, but not used by them. It was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Tern II, but not commissioned and on care and maintenance until 1954.

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      • Elevation AMSL: 112 ft / 34 m
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      • The reactors described as on the Dounreay site, are actually merely adjacent to it. Lianachan This has now been made obvious. There may be a good argument for putting Vulcan on separate page to avoid confusion. I have tidied up the local history. Dougsim (talk) 08:54, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
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        Dounreay ( Nuclear power station) Scottish nuclear facility Dounreay 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 …

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        Media in category "Dounreay" The following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total. Dounreay entrance geograph-3483712-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg. Dounreay nuclear 2016.JPG. Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment geograph-3484137-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg. ... In Wikipedia. العربية ...

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        出典: フリー百科事典『ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ドーンレイ (Dounreay、 [ˌduːnˈreɪ] 、 スコットランド・ゲール語 : Dùnrath )は スコットランド の ハイランド州 ケイスネス郡 北岸にある。 ドーンレイは城址であって、その名はゲール語の「土塁上の砦」を意味する 。 1950年代以来、 高速増殖炉 プロトタイプや 原子力潜水艦 用原子炉の試験施設を含むいくつかの原 …

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        Dounreay is Scotland’s largest decommissioning project and is widely recognised as Europe’s most complex nuclear closure programme. For more than 50 years it was known as the centre of the UK’s fast reactor research and development and now the team is aiming to be recognised as a centre of excellence for nuclear decommissioning.

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        Reay (Scottish Gaelic: Ràth) is a village which has grown around Sandside Bay on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland.It is within the historic Parish of Reay and the historic county of Caithness.. The village is on the A836 road some 12 miles (19 km) west of the town of Thurso and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Dounreay.. Along with Thurso the village grew …

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