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Updated Manpower Forecasts For Decommissioning Dounreay
19th October 2006
UKAEA Dounreay today published updated figures about employment at the site and projections of reducing manpower needs as more of the fast reactor experiment is cleaned out and demolished.
The report - available on-line
here states:
Current employment levels of approximately 2000 are expected to reduce by 500 over the next five years.
Upon completion of the decommissioning programme in 2033, employment will have reduced to 23.
UKAEA is developing new plans to bring forward the completion date to somewhere in the 2020s.
The Highlands and Islands Enterprise network today announced an additional �12 million is being made available to its local enterprise company in Caithness and Sutherland to develop new employment opportunities over the next three years (see: http://www.hie.co.uk/news.htm
UKAEA Dounreay acting site director Simon Middlemas said: "There are overwhelming safety, environmental and security reasons for completing the clean-up and demolition of the site as quickly as it is safe to do so. But I recognise that closure of the site and the inevitable loss of employment in decommissioning has major social and economic consequences. That is why UKAEA, supported by our business partners AMEC and CH2MHILL, welcomes today's announcement and will continue to work closely with Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise and other partners to support the regeneration of the area's economy."
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