Workers Hit The Jackpot For Charity

7th April 2010

Almost 200 community projects in the north of Scotland landed a cash windfall thanks to the safety record of workers at Dounreay.

Staff hit the jackpot for charity when they went a whole year without a lost-time accident.

That earned a maximum £30,000 pay-out from UKAEA Ltd, parent body of site licence company DSRL, which donates £2500 every time the site completes an accident-free month.

The cash went to the Dounreay Communities Fund http://www.dounreay.com/social-responsibility/dounreay-communities-fund, which provides financial support for good causes in Caithness and north Sutherland.

During the last 12 months, the fund paid out more than £42,000 to 180 local groups.

Additional donations came from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and profits from the sale of a book marking the 50th anniversary of the fast reactor experiment.