In 313 years’ time, 378 years after it first opened in 1955, and 339 years after it ceased operations in 1994, the 178-acre nuclear power facility site at Dounreay will be safe for other uses, a new report has stated. A draft report from the government’s nuclear decommissioning authority states the site will only be ready for other uses after the year 2333.
It was only home to functioning nuclear reactors for 39 years, and the clean-up will take roughly ten times as long, with efforts already underway to clean up hazardous radioactive material. Fishing has been banned within a two-kilometre radius of the plant since 1997.
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nuclear-power-dounreay-scotland-thurso-decommissioning-radiation-a9680611.html
It was only home to functioning nuclear reactors for 39 years, and the clean-up will take roughly ten times as long, with efforts already underway to clean up hazardous radioactive material. Fishing has been banned within a two-kilometre radius of the plant since 1997.
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nuclear-power-dounreay-scotland-thurso-decommissioning-radiation-a9680611.html
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