Dounreay learns what its share of £4bn decommissioning cash will be
Dounreay has been allocated a total spend of £221 million for the coming financial year.
Its share of the £4 billion budget overseen by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is a good outcome for the site, according to Dave Wilson, managing director of operators NRS.
“It’s a really, really good settlement given the current financial challenges,” he said at the latest meeting of Dounreay Stakeholder Group (DSG) on Wednesday.
Mr Wilson said it was just over £5 million up on the previous year after taking account of inflation.
He said: “It’s a very positive settlement for Dounreay and will make sure the site is safe, secure and able to continue to protect the environment.”
The funding would underwrite the ongoing clean-up of the site and the upgrading of its ageing infrastructure.
DSG chairman Struan Mackie said Dounreay has come out of the latest allocation significantly better than some other sites in the NDA portfolio.
He hoped that a large chunk would again be spent on the local supply chain.
DSG members heard that the NDA is hoping to persuade the Treasury to allocate multi-year settlements in the future.
