CoRWM visits Dounreay nuclear site
Members were given an overview of the scale of the problem and challenges faced in the decommissioning of the site.
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Members were given an overview of the scale of the problem and challenges faced in the decommissioning of the site.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) says the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its clean-up contractor, UCOR (United Cleanup Oak Ridge) have begun tearing down the Low Intensity Test Reactor (LITR) at Oak Ridge National...
Demolition work began in late March and is expected to be completed by th end of 2023. It's "highly deteriorated and contaminated."
The Low Intensity Test Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory became world-famous when a photographer first captured a blue glow caused by radiation in the pool above the reactor. That photo appeared on the cover of the October 1951 issue of Scientific American.