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Sellafield

The Sellafield site in Cumbria in the north west of England has an area of 262 hectares covered by the nuclear site licence. The site is a large, complex nuclear chemical facility that has supported the UK’s nuclear power programme since the 1940s, and has undertaken work for a number of organisations, including United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Current operations at Sellafield include processing of fuels removed from nuclear power stations; Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication; and storage of nuclear materials and radioactive wastes.

The Calder Hall nuclear power station is located on the Sellafield site. It was the world's first commercial nuclear power station and started generating electricity in 1956. Generation ceased in 2003 and the station is currently undergoing decommissioning. The Capenhurst site is located near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, adjacent to Urenco (the Uranium Enrichment Company), and has an area of 32 hectares covered by the nuclear site licence. It was home to a uranium enrichment plant and associated facilities that ceased operation in 1982

 

  

Sellafield Ltd is responsible for safely delivering decommissioning, reprocessing, nuclear waste management and fuel manufacturing activities across sites at Sellafield in Cumbria and Capenhurst in Cheshire. The company has sites at Sellafield in Cumbria and Capenhurst in Cheshire as well as an extensive engineering design capability based at Risley in Warrington. Now under the ownership of Nuclear Management partners, Sellafield Ltd has the largest concentration of nuclear expertise in Europe, with over 50 years of experience. Our proud heritage also includes the development of the world's first commercial nuclear power station, Calder Hall.

 

 

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