Sellafield
Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a large nuclear site on the coast of Cumbria, England. Now it mostly does nuclear waste processing and storage and nuclear decommissioning. It used to be a nuclear power plant from 1956 to 2003, and nuclear fuel reprocessing from 1952 to 2022. It is a big place, 265 hectares (650 acres), and has more than 200 nuclear facilities and more than 1,000 buildings.[1]
Incidents[change | change source]
Leak that became public in 2023[change | change source]
In December 2023, media wrote about a leak from a silo of radioactive waste.[2]
The leak has been known since 2019, according to a middle manager at Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority;[3] Furthermore, some radioactive water is leaking thru a crack in the silo; Furthermore, she says (in 2023) that the leak is not dangerous for Norway, and it has no consequence for Norway.
The silo in question is the Magnox swarf storage silo.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Job done: Sellafield plant safely completes its mission". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Isaac, Anna; Lawson, Alex (2023-12-05). "Revealed: Sellafield nuclear site has leak that could pose risk to public". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
- ↑ https://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/i/veRMGV/dsa-ble-overrasket-deltok-i-hastemoete-om-the-guardian-artikkel. Retrieved 2023-12-16