Preparations are under way to demolish the landmark Dounreay sphere on the windswept north coast of Scotland - and the complexity of the project is a lesson on the need for foresight in new energy developments. THE ICONIC SPHERE nestled among a squat series of buildings at Dounreay marks the location of a pioneering site in 20th century nuclear technology. This part of the north coast of Caithness, Scotland, was the home of the UK's fast-breeder reactor programme. It was created primarily to make electricity and plutonium, but was also used for reprocessing nuclear material and carrying out cutting-edge scientific and engineering experiments.
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