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19-Mar-08, 18:40
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:
Innovative Camera Records Final Sodium Removal
Dounreay's Prototype Fast Reactor has now been drained of all 1500 tonnes of liquid metal that once flowed through its primary and secondary circuits. The last batch of hazardous sodium has been transferred from the base of the reactor vessel and is now being destroyed in a purpose-built chemical treatment plant that extracts the radioactivity and converts the sodium to common salt that can be discharged safely to the sea. ... [Read Full Article (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=826)]
Innovative Camera Records Final Sodium Removal
Dounreay's Prototype Fast Reactor has now been drained of all 1500 tonnes of liquid metal that once flowed through its primary and secondary circuits. The last batch of hazardous sodium has been transferred from the base of the reactor vessel and is now being destroyed in a purpose-built chemical treatment plant that extracts the radioactivity and converts the sodium to common salt that can be discharged safely to the sea. ... [Read Full Article (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=826)]