Lower Dounreay

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Lower Dounreay

Dounreay Dounreay. The information board, and three others, are all that remain of a &#039;visitor centre&#039;, and by the way, expect Police attention if you happen to stop here to read aforementioned information boards. Avoid! — Dounreay Credit: Scott

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Dounreay Dounreay. The information board, and three others, are all that remain of a &#039;visitor centre&#039;, and by the way, expect Police attention if you happen to stop here to read aforementioned information boards. Avoid!

Dounreay

Dounreay. The information board, and three others, are all that remain of a 'visitor centre', and by the way, expect Police attention if you happen to stop here to read aforementioned information boards. Avoid!

Wings over Dounreay Passing gannet seemingly embracing nuclear power.
Taken from aboard HV Hamnavoe en route from Stromness to Scrabster.

Wings over Dounreay

Passing gannet seemingly embracing nuclear power. Taken from aboard HV Hamnavoe en route from Stromness to Scrabster.

Dounreay Nuclear Power Station in 1964 There was a fleet of coaches parked between the camera and the power station

Dounreay Nuclear Power Station in 1964

There was a fleet of coaches parked between the camera and the power station

Dounreay Nuclear Power Station Viewed from the A836.
The site is now owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Dounreay Nuclear Power Station

Viewed from the A836. The site is now owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Entrance to Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment, 1986 View NW from the A836 Thurso - Bettyhill road, with my car parked on the corner. The Prototype Fast Reactor (in the building on the left) was then in operation, continuing until 1994, while under the spherical dome (139 ft. diameter) was the earlier Fast Reactor being already under decommissioning.

Entrance to Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment, 1986

View NW from the A836 Thurso - Bettyhill road, with my car parked on the corner. The Prototype Fast Reactor (in the building on the left) was then in operation, continuing until 1994, while under the spherical dome (139 ft. diameter) was the earlier Fast Reactor being already under decommissioning.

Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment, 1986 Westward view from the airfield, which opened 1944 for RAF Coastal Command, soon taken over by the Royal Navy as HMS Tern II, later by the UK Atomic Energy Authority. (See <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3483712">NC9966 : Entrance to Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment, 1986</a> for more detail).

Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment, 1986

Westward view from the airfield, which opened 1944 for RAF Coastal Command, soon taken over by the Royal Navy as HMS Tern II, later by the UK Atomic Energy Authority. (See NC9966 : Entrance to Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment, 1986 for more detail).

Dounreay, UKAEA: Fast Reactor Building, 1986 View northward from the former RAF Airfield. The Fast Reactor had ceased to provide power to the Grid since 1977 and was already being decommissioned - see <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3483712">NC9966 : Entrance to Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment, 1986</a>.

Dounreay, UKAEA: Fast Reactor Building, 1986

View northward from the former RAF Airfield. The Fast Reactor had ceased to provide power to the Grid since 1977 and was already being decommissioned - see NC9966 : Entrance to Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment, 1986.

Dounreay Nuclear Power Station Site, Dounreay, Caithness, viewed from P&Os Adonia - 1 The Power Station was established in 1955 on the site of a former WW2 Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) Airfield named HMS Tern (II) ... which itself was a satellite station of HMS Tern based at Twatt in Orkney.

Since 2005 it is undergoing decommissioning ... a process which will take until 2036 ...
... with the site finally becoming available as a brownfield site in 2336

See also ...
<a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3654263">NC9867 : Dounreay Nuclear Power Station Site, Dounreay, Caithness, viewed from P&amp;Os Adonia - 2</a>

Dounreay Nuclear Power Station Site, Dounreay, Caithness, viewed from P&Os Adonia - 1

The Power Station was established in 1955 on the site of a former WW2 Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) Airfield named HMS Tern (II) ... which itself was a satellite station of HMS Tern based at Twatt in Orkney. Since 2005 it is undergoing decommissioning ... a process which will take until 2036 ... ... with the site finally becoming available as a brownfield site in 2336 See also ... NC9867 : Dounreay Nuclear Power Station Site, Dounreay, Caithness, viewed from P&Os Adonia - 2

Dounreay Nuclear Power Station Site, Dounreay, Caithness, viewed from P&Os Adonia - 2 The Power Station was established in 1955 on the site of a former WW2 Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) Airfield named HMS Tern (II) ... which itself was a satellite station of HMS Tern based at Twatt in Orkney.

Since 2005 it is undergoing decommissioning ... a process which will take until 2036 ...
... with the site finally becoming available as a brownfield site in 2336

See also ...
<a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3654257">NC9867 : Dounreay Nuclear Power Station Site, Dounreay, Caithness, viewed from P&amp;Os Adonia - 1</a>

Dounreay Nuclear Power Station Site, Dounreay, Caithness, viewed from P&Os Adonia - 2

The Power Station was established in 1955 on the site of a former WW2 Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) Airfield named HMS Tern (II) ... which itself was a satellite station of HMS Tern based at Twatt in Orkney. Since 2005 it is undergoing decommissioning ... a process which will take until 2036 ... ... with the site finally becoming available as a brownfield site in 2336 See also ... NC9867 : Dounreay Nuclear Power Station Site, Dounreay, Caithness, viewed from P&Os Adonia - 1

Gate and field entry near Gunnscroft The building of Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment in the distance.

Gate and field entry near Gunnscroft

The building of Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment in the distance.

Dounreay From Fresgoe

Dounreay From Fresgoe

Dounreay power station - a long view Now being decommissioned - a process which is expected to take until the year 2300.

Dounreay power station - a long view

Now being decommissioned - a process which is expected to take until the year 2300.

Grazing land at Isauld Farm Fresgoe, Sandside Bay beyond

Grazing land at Isauld Farm

Fresgoe, Sandside Bay beyond

Dounreay view Looking towards the main part of the Dounreay site, including the &#039;golf ball&#039; dome.

Dounreay view

Looking towards the main part of the Dounreay site, including the 'golf ball' dome.

Dounreay view Looking towards the western end of the Dounreay site. This includes the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment.

Dounreay view

Looking towards the western end of the Dounreay site. This includes the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment.

Oigin's Geo near Dounreay nuclear power station

Oigin's Geo near Dounreay nuclear power station

Coastline towards Dounreay nuclear power station

Coastline towards Dounreay nuclear power station

Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment

Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment

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Lower Dounreay is located at Grid Ref: NC9867 (Lat: 58.579597, Lng: -3.746091)

Unitary Authority: Highland

Police Authority: Highlands and Islands

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Lower Dounreay

Place: hamlet

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Man Made: storage_tank

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Man Made: storage_tank

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Man Made: chimney

Material: concrete

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