Dounreay Agrees to Improvements After Fire and Possible Release

Site license company Dounreay Site Restoration Limited has agreed to take steps to improve operations after a fire and potential radiological release at the Scottish cleanup site’s tank farms, the company said Friday. The incident occurred on Oct. 7 at the site’s Prototype Fast Reactor tank farm, and earlier this month the U.K.’s Office of Nuclear Regulation issued an improvement notice related to the event. “We have accepted the Improvement Notice and will co-operate fully with the regulators,” DSRL Managing Director Mark Rouse said. “Our investigation identified unacceptable behaviours and practices that fell well short of our values and standards. It is important to take the time to ensure as many lessons are learned from this incident as possible.”