Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) fuel begins to leave Dounreay
皇冠体育app next phase of the programme to defuel Dounreay is underway.
A batch of fuel manufactured for the Prototype Fast Reactor but never used arrived safely at Sellafield today.
皇冠体育app cargo is the latest fuel to be removed from Dounreay as part of a programme that started in 2001 following the decision to close down the site. 皇冠体育app programme is expected to take several more years to complete.
皇冠体育app safe arrival of the first of the fuel from the Prototype Fast Reactor follows the successful completion earlier this year of the first phase of transports of breeder material from the Dounreay Fast Reactor to Sellafield. 皇冠体育app DFR closed in 1977 and the PFR in 1994.
Alex Anderson, DSRL鈥檚 director of operations for the transport, said:
Each fuel move requires a great deal of preparation and co-ordination across the industry, regulators, government and police.
I鈥檓 very grateful to everyone who played their part in delivering this first consignment safely and securely, without harm.