22nd April 2023

On 1 April 2023, Dounreay became a division of Magnox Limited. It is responsible for decommissioning and cleaning up the Dounreay site in the north of Scotland. It also operates a Low Level Waste (LLW) disposal facility to deal with waste from the site.
Highlights
The activities below are extracted from the current site Lifetime Plan and are subject to change. A revised Lifetime Plan is in development following the transition to an NDA subsidiary.
• All fuel in long-term storage or shipped off site.
• Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR) dismantled
• Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) dismantled
• Shaft and silo encapsulation complete
• Site clearance and environmental restoration phase 3 complete
• Interim end state achieved
Read the full plan HERE