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Sellafield

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. Former activities included nuclear power generation from 1956 to 2003, and nuclear fuel reprocessing from 1952 to 2022.

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Owner
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Location
Seascale, Cumbria
Commission date
Windscale Piles (non-power generating): 1950 Calder Hall: 1956 Windscale AGR: 1962
Commons
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Country
England
Employees
10,000+

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Sellafield and the local community

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Health studies in Cumbria and Seascale

Objections to reprocessing

Proposal to establish adjacent power station

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Sellafield

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Sellafield

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related to Windscale Piles · 25
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related to Sellafield MOX Plant · 23
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related to Magnox Swarf Storage Silo (MSSS) · 22
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related to Further reading · 19
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related to Royal Ordnance Factory · 18
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related to Start of nuclear activity · 18
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related to Proposal to establish adjacent power station · 16
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related to Health studies in Cumbria and Seascale · 14
Sellafield → Dundee, Great Britain, Health, Health Minister Melanie Johnson, In, Medical Officer, Ministry, Paul Foot, Professor Eric Wright, Stephanie Cooke, This, UK, University, West Cumbria
related to Fellside Power Station · 12
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related to Organ removal inquiry · 12
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nuclear fuel site plant windscale plutonium decommissioning reprocessing waste radioactive magnox uk power storage first calder government fire station hall

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SellafieldCommission dateWindscale Piles (non-power generating): 1950 Calder Hall: 1956 Windscale AGR: 19621.00infobox
SellafieldCommonsRelated media on Commons1.00infobox
SellafieldCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
SellafieldCountryEngland1.00infobox
SellafieldEmployees10,000+1.00infobox
SellafieldLocationSeascale, Cumbria1.00infobox
SellafieldOfficial nameSellafield Site. Known 1956-1971 as Windscale & Calder Works, known 1947-1956 as Windscale Works.1.00infobox
SellafieldOperatorSellafield Ltd1.00infobox
SellafieldOwnerNuclear Decommissioning Authority1.00infobox
SellafieldReactor typeMagnox (Calder Hall) AGR prototype (Windscale)1.00infobox
SellafieldStatusDecommissioning in progress1.00infobox
SellafieldUnits decommissionedUnits taken out of service: Calder Hall: 4 x 60 MWe (gross) Windscale AGR: 1 x 36 MWe. Final decommissioning for complete site 21201.00infobox
SellafieldUnits operationalNo nuclear power generation since 2003. Processes still active: spent fuel storage, waste processing and storage, and plant decommissioning.1.00infobox
Sellafieldis aheadquarters of the National Nuclear Laboratory0.90text

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