Cleaning up Scotland’s most radioactive beach

Radioactive residues were first detected on the foreshore of Dalgety Bay, near Dunfermline, in 1990, not far from a former airfield where radium-coated ‘glow in the dark’ aircraft components were incinerated and landfilled at the end of the second world war. The beach is safe for walking and sailing but the residues present a potential health hazard if material is disturbed or removed. The contaminated area is close to housing and a local sailing club and the issue has received a high media profile and significant scrutiny from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency.

Jacobs’ radiation protection specialists are supplying the crucial know-how for a clean-up operation on Scotland’s most radioactive beach.

Jacobs was selected to support the project because we have a multidisciplinary team capable of handling all technical aspects of radiation protection and remediation.