Concerns have been raised that plans to transfer the clean-up of Vulcan to Dounreay could lead to the break-up of a specialist Ministry of Defence (MoD) team in the north.
The MoD has not commented on speculation that the transfer of the Rolls-Royce workforce to NRS Dounreay could result in future work supporting the UK nuclear submarine fleet being moved to Sellafield in west Cumbria.
A Vulcan worker has expressed that the transfer has triggered a lot of disquiet.
The UK government has confirmed that the decommissioning of Vulcan will be undertaken by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), which currently oversees the clean-up of redundant civil nuclear reactor sites.
Author's summary: Fears arise over potential break-up of MoD team.