Nuclear archive building wins architecture award
The £20 million nuclear archive in Caithness has won a national architecture prize.
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Dounreay safety contract handed to Glasgow-based firm
A safety framework contract for the Dounrey nuclear site has been handed to Glasgow-based firm, Altran.
Wood wins £3m contract for ‘most complex’ nuclear site closure in Europe
Wood has won a £3million contract to help deliver Europe’s “most complex” nuclear site closure.
Promising outlook for far north – thinktank
The far north is gradually weaning itself off its long-time dependence on Dounreay, according to a jobs creation thinktank.
Dounreay award IT site reduction deal to ROC Technologies
IT service provider Roc Technologies has today announced that it has been awarded a five-year contract as part of the site's wider IT services closure programme at Dounreay nuclear site.
Top secret nuclear waste flights resume at Wick
Controversial top secret flights carrying Dounreay’s deadly nuclear waste from Scotland to the USA resumed at the weekend.
Dounreay workforce to dip below 1,000
The in-house workforce at Dounreay is set to dip below 1,000 as the impact of the latest tranche of redundancies kicks in over the next couple of months.
Radioactive shipments from Dounreay to be over in a year
Shipments of radioactive material from Dounreay to Sellafield will be terminated within the year, a new outline of a 20-year business plan has revealed.
Dounreay nuclear waste flights to continue until 2019
Controversial flights carrying Dounreay’s deadly nuclear waste from Scotland to the United States will continue until late next year.
Beach needs more nuclear monitoring
A leading independent nuclear expert has called for increased monitoring of a Caithness beach after an “alarming” radioactive fragment was found.
Work begins to remove reactor liquid
The “highest single remaining hazard” at a Scottish nuclear site is being removed.
Wood cements commitment to Highland economy
Energy service giant Wood has cemented its commitment to boosting the north Highlands economy through its clean-up work at the Dounreay nuclear site.
Nuclear firm ties up with chamber
Cavendish Nuclear has become a “gold premier partner” of Caithness Chamber of Commerce for the next five years.
Dounreay strike action called off after union meeting
Strike action at Dounreay nuclear plant in Caithness has been called off by the union GMB.
Strike ballot for nuclear site workers in pay row
Workers at Dounreay nuclear plant are to be balloted from today on whether to strike over a pay row.
Wood awarded framework agreement for nuclear decom at Dounreay
A framework agreement by Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) has been secured by Wood to provide industrial services for the nuclear decommissioning site in Thurso.
Dounreay set for New Year strikes
Dounreay nuclear plant is facing New Year strikes after trade unions officially served notice of a ballot on industrial action over pay.
Dounreay workers to be balloted on strike
Dounreay nuclear power workers could take strike action after refusing a new pay deal.
Drone a high-flyer when it comes to cutting costs
Drone inspections at Dounreay are saving the taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds a year, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said yesterday.
Scottish nuclear site looks to hire ‘health boffins’
A nuclear site criticised over its safety is seeking a team of health boffins - with starting salaries of £46,000 “upwards.”
Nuclear waste flight takes off despite attack
A plane carrying weapons-grade nuclear waste to the US left the Highlands the day after the UK’s terror threat level was raised to “critical”.
Call for “tangible” legacy to be left in wake of Dounreay decommissioning
A north MSP has called for a "tangible" legacy to be left in Caithness from the decommissioning work being carried out at Dounreay.
Dounreay must leave Caithness with decommissioning legacy, MSP says
Dounreay to shed 15% of workforce
Bosses at a north nuclear plant are preparing to shed up to 15% of their staff as part of a voluntary redundancy scheme.
Robot helps clear the way for decom of Scotland’s first nuclear reactor
A robot has helped clear the way to dismantle a building that housed Scotland's first nuclear reactor to achieve criticality.