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What will happen to 140-tonne stockpile of combustible sodium at Dounreay?

Dounreay’s operators have still to decide what to do with the remaining 140
tonne stockpile of sodium on site. Plans are afoot to build a new plant to
neutralise what is one of the most hazardous legacies from its days as the
UK’s testbed for fast reactors.

But Magnox Ltd has not ruled out hauling
the material to a disposal plant, if it can find one able and willing to do
the job. An update was given at Wednesday evening’s meeting of Dounreay
Stakeholder Group (DSG) when the site management came under fire for not
dealing with the issue years ago.

 John O’Groat Journal 25th Sept 2023

https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/what-will-happen-to-140-tonne-stockpile-of-combustible-sodiu-327391/

September 29, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, wastes