Sellafield
Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a large multi-function nuclear site close to Seascale on the coast of Cumbria. Its primary activities are nuclear waste processing and storage and nuclear decommissioning waste.
Sellafield News
Flagship Sellafield project seals major milestoneMembers of the team who completed the final concrete pour at Sellafield's SRP project The Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant (SRP) is one of our largest and most complex… |
Sellafield’s ’locked vault’ gives up its nuclear secretsOne of the most challenging puzzles in the UK’s nuclear clean-up programme is being solved. Waste is now being routinely retrieved from one of the world’s oldest nuclear waste stores for the… |
NDA commended for commitment to transparencyNuclear Decommissioning Authority hosted NDA/Non-Governmental Organisation Forum on sites for the first time. Keeping open and transparent dialogue going with a wide range of external… |
A sustainable solution for Sellafield’s surplus trainsA redundant Sellafield train has returned to the firm that rebuilt it 28 years ago. Sellafield’s hardworking locomotives star in the latest series of Great British Railway Journeys on BBC2,… |
From reactors to a role model: Laura’s journey through the NDA groupLaura Hogg, 7 March 2025 - Mission delivery, Science, Waste management To mark International Women’s Day, Laura Hogg shares her story of entering the nuclear sector at 18… |
Future innovators with the ‘Evolve’ work experience programmeSellafield Ltd invites Year 10 learners with an interest in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to participate in the ‘Evolve’ work experience programme. So far, more than 100 students… |
NDA supply chain award winners 2024 revealedThe Nuclear Decommissioning Authority group have announced five organisations as winners of this year’s supply chain awards. Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, The Decommissioning Delivery… |
6 things that might surprise you about being a graduate engineer at Sellafield1 - You don’t have to be from West Cumbria to work at Sellafield I’m originally from Wick in the far north of Scotland and in 2017, I moved to Glasgow to study for my Master… |
Sellafield waste team has 50,000 reasons to celebrateA team at the heart of Sellafield’s clean-up mission has hit a momentous milestone. Some of the RER team in front of the encapsulation plants and product storage facilities on the Sellafield site.… |
Three trends shaping the future of nuclear engineeringFor head of asset management at Sellafield Ltd, Gary Dixon, harnessing the latest technology and applying them on an industrial engineering level is something that he gets to do every day. … |