Dounreay
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Dounreay is a remote site on the north coast of Scotland best known for its former fast-breeder nuclear reactor complex and associated decommissioning project.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dounreay canonical | 1 |
| Dounreay nuclear facility | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11342113 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dounreay Context triple: [Thurso, near, Dounreay]
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A.
Sellafield
Sellafield is a nuclear fuel reprocessing and decommissioning site on the coast of Cumbria in northwest England.
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B.
Aviemore Power Station
Aviemore Power Station is a major hydroelectric power facility in New Zealand, located on the Waitaki River as part of the Waitaki hydroelectric scheme.
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C.
Peterhead Power Station
Peterhead Power Station is a major gas-fired power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its role in electricity generation and as a site for developing low-carbon and carbon capture technologies.
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D.
Glenbrittle
Glenbrittle is a small settlement on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known as a base for exploring the nearby Cuillin mountains and the popular Fairy Pools.
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E.
Seafield
Seafield is a small village in West Lothian, Scotland, known primarily as a residential community near the town of Livingston.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dounreay Target entity description: Dounreay is a remote site on the north coast of Scotland best known for its former fast-breeder nuclear reactor complex and associated decommissioning project.
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A.
Sellafield
Sellafield is a nuclear fuel reprocessing and decommissioning site on the coast of Cumbria in northwest England.
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B.
Aviemore Power Station
Aviemore Power Station is a major hydroelectric power facility in New Zealand, located on the Waitaki River as part of the Waitaki hydroelectric scheme.
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C.
Peterhead Power Station
Peterhead Power Station is a major gas-fired power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its role in electricity generation and as a site for developing low-carbon and carbon capture technologies.
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D.
Glenbrittle
Glenbrittle is a small settlement on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known as a base for exploring the nearby Cuillin mountains and the popular Fairy Pools.
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E.
Seafield
Seafield is a small village in West Lothian, Scotland, known primarily as a residential community near the town of Livingston.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former nuclear power research site
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nuclear facility ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| coolantUsed | liquid sodium ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decommissioningPlannedCompletion | mid-21st century ⓘ |
| decommissioningStart | 1990s ⓘ |
| DounreayFastReactorCriticality | 1959 ⓘ |
| DounreayFastReactorShutdown | 1977 ⓘ |
| employmentRole | major local employer in Caithness ⓘ |
| environmentalRegulator | Scottish Environment Protection Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstReactorCriticality | 1959 GENERATED ⓘ |
| fuelTypeUsed | plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel ⓘ |
| gridConnection | connected to UK electricity grid during operation ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Dounreay Fast Reactor
NERFINISHED
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Materials Test Reactor NERFINISHED ⓘ Prototype Fast Reactor NERFINISHED ⓘ fuel reprocessing plant ⓘ intermediate level waste silo ⓘ low level waste disposal facilities ⓘ waste shaft ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
historic waste management problems
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radioactive contamination ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fast breeder reactor research
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nuclear decommissioning project ⓘ |
| laterManagedBy |
Cavendish Dounreay Partnership
NERFINISHED
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Dounreay Site Restoration Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Highland
NERFINISHED
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Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf | north coast of Scotland ⓘ |
| managedBy | UK Atomic Energy Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Thurso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
village of Buldoo ⓘ |
| notableIncident |
1958 sodium-potassium alloy explosion in waste disposal shaft
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1998 discovery of radioactive particles on local beaches ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Nuclear Decommissioning Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | experimental fast breeder reactor development ⓘ |
| PrototypeFastReactorCriticality | 1974 ⓘ |
| PrototypeFastReactorShutdown | 1994 ⓘ |
| reactorTypeTested | sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor ⓘ |
| region | Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulator | Office for Nuclear Regulation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
fast neutron physics
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fuel cycle development ⓘ reactor materials testing ⓘ |
| secondaryPurpose | nuclear fuel reprocessing ⓘ |
| siteSelectionYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| status | in decommissioning ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dounreay Description of subject: Dounreay is a remote site on the north coast of Scotland best known for its former fast-breeder nuclear reactor complex and associated decommissioning project.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Thurso
this entity surface form:
Dounreay nuclear facility