Dounreay

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Dounreay [duːnˈreɪ]

(Placename) the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962-77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel re-processing plant has also operated at the site

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No references found			ROBOTS will sweep seabeds near axed nuclear power plant Dounreay for atomic waste. Robots to clean up Dounreay by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Each submersible will be fitted with a Geiger counter and will crisscross the sea floor to pinpoint every deadly speck close to Dounreay on Scotland's north coast before lifting each particle and returning it to land for safe storage. Robots scour sea for atomic waste by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk Energy Minister Mike O'Brien commented that preventative measures taken t o deal with nuclear waste at Dounreay nuclear site at Caithness had failed to protect the environment in the past. Nuclear plant chiefs face court action over safety by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			doughty doughy Douglas Douglas Elton Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Douglas fir douglas hemlock Douglas Hurd Douglas MacArthur Douglas Moore douglas pine Douglas scale douglas spruce Douglas squirrel Douglas-Home Douglass douk Doukhobor doula doulocracy doum doum palm douma doun Dounreay Doupe dour doura dourah dourine dourly Douro douroucouli douse Douse the glim dousing Dousing-chock doust Dout Douter Douth douzepers DOVAP Dove dove hawk Dove plant dove prion Dove tick dove's foot geranium Dove's-foot			Doulas Association of Southern California Doulas de France Doulas of Greater St. Louis Doulas Of North America Doulcemelle Doulcemelle Douleur Enfant Gustave-Roussy Doullennais Bernavillois Tennis de Table Doullens Bouquemaison Sporting Club Doulocracy Doulton ware doum Doum palm doum palms Douma Doumer, Paul Doumergue, Gaston doun Dounavis Dounavis Dounce homogenizer Dounia Dounraey Dounraey Dounreay Dounreay Fast Reactor Dounreay Fast Reactor Dounreay Fast Reactor Dounreay Materials Testing Reactor Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment Dounreay Nuclear Power Station Dounreay Nuclear Power Station Dounreay Particles Advisory Group Dounreay Radioactive Waste Inventory Dounreay Research Establishment Dounreay Research Establishment Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd. Douolo Doupe dour dour dour doura doura Doura Europus dourah dourah dourer dourer dourest dourest dourine dourine dourine

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