Nuclear plant 'safety breaches' as chemical leaks at decommissioned site
24th July 2022
From STV on leaks at Dounreay.
Nuclear regulators have chastised the operators of one of Scotland's largest decommissioned facilities over "clear safety breaches" following a chemical leak.
Emergency crews were scrambled to the Dounreay plant in the Highlands earlier this year after the prototype fast reactor suffered a fault resulting in the "excursion of a small amount of caustic liquor".
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL), which is charged with retiring the former nuclear complex in Caithness said no one was injured in the incident and the environmental impact was "low".
But the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said their investigation revealed a number of issues, stating procedural "shortfalls must be addressed" before work can continue on that part of the site.
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