Sellafield

British

/ ˈsɛləˌfiːld /

noun

Former name: Windscale. the site of an atomic power station and nuclear reprocessing plant in NW England, in W Cumbria

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Taxpayers today are still paying for Sellafield to deal with nuclear waste from the 1950s.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025

"Our report contains too many signs that this is a race that Sellafield risks losing."

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025

Sellafield ceased generating electricity in 2003 and, in addition to work cleaning up the site, now processes and stores nuclear waste from power plants around the UK.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025

Owners EDF Energy said all spent fuel from Hunterston had now been transported by train to Sellafield in Cumbria for long-term storage.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025

So, also, is Parson Sellafield, and the man and woman with whom we staid in Whitehaven, and in whose house you were born and lived until your fourth year.

From The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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