Dounreay health physics surveyors qualify ahead of schedule
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Dounreay’s first batch of home-grown health physics surveyors have qualified with flying colours and ahead of schedule.
The seven trainees were the first to be trained by Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) and Nuvia jointly in a programme that had been due to take two years. Owing to the hard work and commitment of the trainees and their supervisors, however, they completed the course in 19 months.
They are now all working at Dounreay.
DSRL health physics service manager Eann Plowman said: “This is a very encouraging result for both the trainees and their instructors, and shows that hard work really pays off. The health physics surveyors now have formal qualifications that are widely recognised in the nuclear industry.”
Workers involved in the health physics service carry out monitoring on and off the Dounreay site, 24 hours a day, to ensure the radiological safety of the workforce, the public and the environment.
The 2020 intake of eight DSRL health physics surveyor trainees are now working on site after completing their initial courses and exams in Thurso with an external training provider. These trainees are scheduled to qualify in March 2022, while interviews for the 2021 intake of trainees are now taking place.
The Dounreay site is being decommissioned by DSRL on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
