CONSTRUCTION ENQUIRER (LONDON)— The Dounreay nuclear waste facility in northern Scotland is under restoration to continue the decommissioning of Dournreay and the adjacent Vulcan nuclear facility. The two plants expect to produce up to 175,000 cubic meters of solid low-level radioactive waste from the site clean-up. Another 38,000 cubic meters of waste is currently on site in disused disposal pits that date from the 1950s. The Northern Irish firm beat rival bids from BAM Nuttal, Black & Veatch and MBM, a joint venture between Morrison, Balfour Beatty and Morgan Sindall. Source: http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2011/01/14/graham-wins-100m-dounreay-waste-storage-job/ (Reliability: 47.81 -- Moderate)
Analysis:
It is likely that other nuclear facilities in Great Britain will store all nuclear waste and spent fuel from decommissioned nuclear power plants on site. This is due to an inability to find a suitable centralized location. (Analytic Confidence: Moderate)
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