Successful exercise completed at Dounreay
What was announced
CNC’s Operational Policing Unit at Dounreay completed its most ambitious Regulatory Evaluation Demonstration Exercise (REDE), achieving ONR’s ‘adequate’ rating.
Key points, in the publisher's words
- Months of planning by the Civil Nuclear Constabulary’s ( CNC ’s) Exercise and Resilience team and their opposite numbers at NRS Dounreay saw the design of a scenario that involved, and tested, multiple agencies and their response to an attack by adversaries intent on stealing nuclear material.
- In the scenario, a lorry transporting a flask of nuclear material from Dounreay power station for onward transport by rail from Georgemas Junction train station, was held up by a deliberate car crash and attacked by armed offenders. Back on the power station site, information about an insider passing on vital details led to CNC officers arresting a member of NRS staff in connection with the incident.
- Officers responding to the incident were able to neutralise the threat within minutes and local emergency services then took over the scene. CNC were then able to continue the exercise, running a Post Incident Management scenario to practice the way officers would be supported in the aftermath of such an incident.
Who and where
UK bodies of power
- Civil Nuclear Constabulary (sub organisation) · more news
- Office for Nuclear Regulation (public corporation) · more news
- Nuclear Restoration Services (other) · more news
Councils
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
Topics, as GOV.UK files them: Policing.
Receipt
- Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/successful-exercise-completed-at-dounreay
- Published 2026-10-29 14:28:09 UTC
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