Dounreay is one of several nuclear plants on the clean-up list
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A US firm has teamed up with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to bid for contracts to clean up nuclear power stations in Britain.
The UKAEA has formed an alliance with Colorado-based CH2M Hill and UK engineering firm Amec to bid for the contracts, valued at £56bn ($99bn).
The three will also try to win deals abroad, including in eastern Europe and in former Soviet Union countries.
Twenty nuclear sites are due to be decommissioned in the UK.
These include Sellafield in Cumbria, Dounreay and Chapelcross in Scotland, as well as Sizewell A in Suffolk and Trawsfynydd in north Wales.
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