SCIENCE
29 March 2006
Wednesday 29 March 2006 21:00-21:30 (Radio 4 FM)
How do you dismantle an experimental nuclear reactor? For the first time, scientists and engineers at Dounreay, in the north of Scotland, explain the complexity of nuclear decommissioning problems, and the political and commercial pressure they're under to work faster and cheaper.
With decommissioning soon open to competition and overseas firms looking to seize the work, Dounreay has to prove it will not suffer the safety problems of Railtrack. Reporter Simon Willis explores the science behind dismantling a complex atomic site in an increasingly harsh commercial climate.
