b'Partner News Winter 2023 15EnterpriseITI Group awarded role in new Dounreay Nuclear Site decommissioning and clean-up partnershipOn the north coast of Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland, Dounreay is the home of a large nuclear research site which was created in the 1950s.The Dounreay nuclear site no longer performs its original research function and is undergoing complete decommissioning.ITI Group has been awarded a place in Dounreays Technical Professional Services Support (TPSS) framework, which will provide essential services to the decommissioning and clean-up of this nuclear site.The framework, which is led by DBD and includes Westinghouse, AECOM, Galson Sciences and ITI Group, brings over 180 years of combined operating experienceservices and decommissioning projectto deliver successful solutions for some of in decommissioning services and projects,work, via other frameworks. This hasthe UKs largest and most ambitious nuclear covering design, waste, environmental, andrecently included resolving obsolescenceorganisations, including EDF, Sellafield, AWE technical support. This collective experienceissues and replacing control systems toand Dounreay.positions the team to comprehend theenable the continued throughput of waste requirements and challenges of thecharacterisation and sentencing, as well asDounreay, a division of Magnox Ltd Dounreay mission, ensuring a full portfolio designing and installing improvements to(previously Dounreay Site Restoration of services is delivered by a highlycontrol and monitoring systems for furtherLtd), was formed to lead the transition experienced team, fully equipped to decommissioning phases. of the Dounreay site from its former role meet Dounreays needs. as a fast reactor research centre into Jean Isherwood, Proposals Manager at ITIScotlands largest nuclear clean-up and ITI Group itself brings over 50 yearsGroup said, Inclusion in this framework willdemolition project. The transition process experience in the provision of bespokeenable us to further support Dounreay inwill involve the safe dismantling and mission-critical industrial control, safetytheir mission by opening up new avenuesremoval of redundant nuclear facilities, the and real-time information systems and isof collaboration with more of the industrysmanagement of radioactive waste, and the currently supporting Dounreay throughleading experts. We pride ourselves onenvironmental restoration of the site to a the provision of Electrical, Control &our ability to form strong partnershipscondition that allows it to be used for other Instrumentation (EC&I) solutions, designacross the supply chain: it has enabled uspurposes or returned to nature.'