Other Public Services News

Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update

Weekly update from CNSRP - week commencing 7th December 2015.   Energy & Business Services: At last weeks CNSRP Advisory Board meeting members heard a presentation from John Scott of SSE, outlining the current progress and likely future activities in support of the major electricity grid enhancements taking place in the area.  

Dounreay contractors innovation awarded

A contractor working on the Shaft and Silo project has been recognised by the prestigious NDA estate Supply Chain Awards.  Oxford Technologies Ltd (OTL) won the Ministers Award for their innovative idea to clean out the shaft stub tunnel.  

Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership

Weeks Commencing 9th and 16th November 2015 Energy and Business Services: Later this month there will be an event in Wick for local companies interested in opportunities in the offshore wind market.   As a leading company in the development, construction and maintenance of offshore wind farms, DEME Group is preparing new projects and contracts in the rapidly expanding UK offshore wind market.  

Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update

Week Commencing 26 October 2015 Tourism, Food & Drink (Saturday 31st) sees the official launch at John O' Groats of public art works commissioned by CNSRP partner Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and supported by Creative Scotland Lottery Fund.  The works, entitled "nomadic boulders" will be officially launched at an event at the site on Saturday at 5pm.  

Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update

Energy & Business Services: This week has seen preparations taking place for the visit later this month of a potential inward investor to the area.  A series of relevant visits have been arranged to highlight the business infrastructure in the area, and to promote existing business capabilities.  

One thousand drums crushed by supercompactor

Dounreay has reached a significant milestone following commissioning of the new supercompactor at the Waste Receipt Assay Characterisation and Supercompaction facility (WRACS).   The facility has now crushed its 1000th drum of low level waste since the plant's re-start in July.  

Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update

Week Commencing 21st September 2015 Energy & Business Services It is good to note this week's coverage in the local press of the arrival of the cable-laying vessel "Siem Daya 1" in the Pentland Firth as part of Atlantis Resources Ltd's MeyGen tidal project.  Following the successful completion of directional drilling for the cables that will take power from the four Phase 1A devices to the onshore Power Conversion Unit at Ness of Quoys, the laying of the cables this week marks a further milestone for the project.  

Robots to rip out reactor core

A range of unusual devices have been designed and built by Dounreay's in-house design team over the years.  Probing the depths of a former nuclear reactor with remotely controlled equipment isn't a simple process and requires some ingenious thinking.  

Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update

Week Commencing 31st August 2015 Energy & Business Services As work continues to help ensure that the north is prepared to take advantage of the significant economic potential from offshore wind developments off the east coast of Caithness/ Sutherland, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) is holding a workshop in Wick next week with its engineering, procurement and construction contractors and CNSRP partner Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).  https://d.adroll.com/cm/r/outhttps://d.adroll.com/cm/b/outRepresentatives from each organisation will be on hand to provide an update on the latest project information and answer any questions on the day.  

Connect and innovate at the NDA Estate Supply Chain event

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), in association with the Site Licence Companies (SLCs), invite you to ‘connect and innovate' at their fifth annual event.   Entry is free of charge to delegates and exhibitors.