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Dounreay awarded Gold status for fourth year by ECITB

NRS Dounreay has been awarded Gold status for skills and training for the fourth consecutive year by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board.

The engineering construction…

Crane back in business - with a little help from Spot the robot

Spot, the robot "dog," recently assisted colleagues in Dounreay’s Fuel Cycle Area by reactivating a crucial building crane in a reprocessing plant.

The crane had been deactivated at the…

Dounreay to take on 23 new apprentices

One of Britain’s most complex environmental restoration projects is taking on 23 new apprentices.

Fallon Campbell (second from left), a fourth-year electrical apprentice at Dounreay, was…

Snakebot inspections a tight squeeze at Dounreay

A new snake-like inspection robot has been trialed at Dounreay to survey confined areas

A few years ago, the award-winning ‘Lyra’ robot had its debut in Dounreay’s redundant fuel cycle area…