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How much will extra decades of nuclear decommissioning work at Dounreay cost?

 By Gordon Calder gordon.calder@hnmedia.co.uk, 28 March 2024

The cost of extending the decommissioning work at Dounreay is expected to
be published in the summer, according to a spokeswoman at the site.

She was responding to questions from the John O’ Groat Journal, following last
week’s announcement that the clean up-operation at the nuclear plant will
continue until the 2070s – almost 40 years longer than the previous date of
2033. The cost of the programme was previously said to be about £2.9
billion.

Asked about the estimated cost of extending the decommissioning,
the spokeswoman said: ” The estimate for delivering the revised lifetime
plan to take the Dounreay site to its interim end point, will form part of
the Nuclear Provision, and be published in the NDA (Nuclear Decommissioning
Authority) 2023/24 annual report in the summer. We are committed to
delivering the Dounreay mission as effectively and efficiently as
possible.”

John O’Groat Journal 28th March 2024

https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/how-much-will-extra-decades-of-work-at-dounreay-cost-346451

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