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Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a large multi-function nuclear site close to Seascale on the coast of Cumbria, England. As of August 2022, primary activities are nuclear waste processing and storage and nuclear decommissioning.
Sellafield is no longer the country’s best kept nuclear secret. It’s where we’re tackling the legacy of the past, building a capability for the future, and where we’re creating a clean and ...
Sep 17, 2016 · Sellafield is now completely controlled by the government-run Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Regardless of who runs it, Sellafield could remain one of Europe’s most toxic sites for...
Dec 5, 2023 · Sellafield is trying to extract decades of nuclear waste from MSSS, a facility dating back to the 1960s and described as “one of the highest-hazard nuclear facilities in the UK”, a task that ...
Sep 7, 2018 · recycled nuclear fuel so that both plutonium and uranium, another chemical element, could be recovered and reused. created safe treatment and storage options for all types of nuclear waste. Today...
Jun 9, 2022 · Sellafield alone is projected to cost £97bn to clean up over the next 120 years. Can the government justify a new nuclear programme if it costs this much to clean up the last one?
We’re creating a clean and safe environment for future generations. Sellafield Ltd works with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority .
Apr 9, 2024 · Sellafield is a large and complex site and one of Europe's largest industrial complexes, managing more radioactive waste in one place than any other nuclear facility in the world. Many of the facilities on the site are ageing, and new facilities are required, as the site’s mission changes from reprocessing to decommissioning.
Mar 13, 2024 · The focus of Sellafield Ltd is now on the remediation and clean-up of the hundreds of nuclear and non-nuclear facilities across the site; safe and secure storage of special nuclear materials; and the safe retrieval of nuclear waste from the legacy ponds and silos, for storage in modern facilities.
Jan 21, 2015 · Huge pools of mystery sludge, leaking silos and risk of explosions: Sellafield needs help, but the UK government has just sacked the firm running the clean-up
