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‘No savings’ in Dounreay to Sellafield nuclear rail plan BBC News 25 May 12 Dounreay, an experimental nuclear power site, is beingdemolished and cleaned up   Plans to move nuclear material from Scotland to England will not result in savings that could directly benefit communities, councils have been told.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) proposes moving fuel and
other radioactive material from Dounreay to Sellafield for treatment.

The proposal is deemed to be more cost effective than building new
facilities at Dounreay in Caithness….. For the material to stay at
Dounreay, storage sites would have to be upgraded or replaced within
the next 15 years.

The NDA has said that it would take eight to 10 years to design and
build the necessary facilities.

In the case of material called breeder, the NDA has estimated that it
would cost about £60m to transfer it to Sellafield, but £65m to deal
with it at Dounreay….
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-18196024

May 26, 2012 - Posted by | general

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