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Dounreay

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Dounreay (dn`rā, dnrā`), village, Highland, N Scotland. Several nuclear breeder reactors are located nearby.
Dounreay
the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962--77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel re-processing plant has also operated at the site


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Rural population mixing and childhood leukaemia: effects of the North Sea oil industry in Scotland, including the area near Dounreay nuclear site.
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This David was supposed to shrug off the worst that the oceanic Goliath could throw at it and keep powering the lights of Dounreay with a steady stream of environmentally "green" electricity.
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We secured planning consent for a 29 MW installation located in Cowal, Argyll and submitted planning applications for a further three windfarms comprising 134 MW at Black Law in South Lanarkshire, 29 MW at Beinn Tharsuinn and 18 MW at Dounreay, both in Highland Region.
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