Sellafield Ltd is a global centre for nuclear engineering management. We pioneered the harnessing of nuclear power to generate electricity for the country. Now the world is watching as we set international standards in high-hazard reduction. In short, we’re at the forefront of the industry. From cleaning-up the country’s highest nuclear risks and hazards to safeguarding nuclear fuel, materials and waste, our work is nationally important.
Sellafield teams have successfully removed 70 tonnes of radioactive waste from the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo – one of the Sellafield’s site’s most hazardous legacy facilities – marking a significant step forward in the UK’s nuclear decommissioning mission.
Clearing waste from this legacy…
A collaboration of Cumbrian-based suppliers has been awarded a four-year contract, valued at up to £10 million, to manufacture waste containers for Sellafield Ltd.
A Cumbrian collaboration will produce waste containers for Sellafield under a new four-year contract worth up to £10 million…
Sellafield Ltd awards framework with a total value of £4.6 billion to support high hazard risk reduction.
Sellafield Ltd has awarded a framework with a maximum value of £4.6 billion to support high hazard risk reduction programmes on the Sellafield site, through the Decommissioning and…
Companies will continue working together to support progress in the UK and Japan
The organisations tasked with the two most challenging nuclear clean-up jobs in the world have agreed to extend a co-operation agreement.
Sellafield Ltd and TEPCO first agreed to work together in 2014…
A team of robotics specialists have achieved a world first by fitting and operating a robotic arm inside an active nuclear glovebox at Sellafield.
A world first demonstration of a robotic arm being operated inside a glovebox at Sellafield Ltd
A key challenge at Sellafield is how to…
Members 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 construction projects.
When finished it will play an essential role in managing the UK’s…
One 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 first time in its history.
Sellafield’s Pile Fuel Cladding Silo has effectively been a locked…
A 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, giving viewers a rare glimpse at one of the largest internal rail networks in the country.
Our…
International experts in robotics, remote technologies and AI took part in a Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and Sellafield Ltd co-hosted workshop.
Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and Sellafield Ltd at a co-hosted workshop at the RaiCo facility in Whitehaven, West Cumbria.
The week-long…
A team of remote technology specialists have achieved an industry first at Sellafield by successfully operating a robot remotely from an off-site location.
SPOT the quadrupedal robot dog was controlled remotely at a safe location at Sellafield
Operators working from an immersive room…
Sellafield 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 have been involved in Evolve, with participants currently coming from 11 different schools in West…
Two Sellafield Ltd colleagues, Anouschka Van Mourik and Kiara Orchard, have been nominated as ‘Future List Game Changers’ in the Northern Power Women Awards.
The awards recognise and celebrate trailblazing individuals who are driving inclusion and innovation across the north of the UK.…
A mobile support service for Cumberland’s families and young people has been launched.
Hub2U takes Cumberland Council’s resources to people who need them in neighbourhoods across the area.
Our Social Impact Multiplied programme and organisations in our Decommissioning Delivery…
An important project to ensure the Sellafield site has a more resilient electricity supply has taken a significant step forward.
The Electrical Distribution Network Upgrade Project (EDNUP) aims to strengthen the site’s electrical distribution network by installing six new substations and…
The Cumbrian Award – a special qualification for Cumbrian students – has been accredited by the University of Cumbria.
Western Excellence in Learning and Leadership (WELL) project is hosted by Cumberland Council and funded by Sellafield Ltd and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
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Applications are now open for the 2025 apprenticeship scheme at Sellafield Ltd.
With both apprenticeships and degree schemes available covering a wide range of disciplines from business administration to mechanical engineering and nuclear operations, these opportunities are available in…
Natalie Parker has been awarded one of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s ‘Young Woman Engineer of the Year’ prizes.
A Sellafield Ltd technical specialist, Natalie Parker has been awarded the ‘Young Woman Engineer of the Year’ prize at this year’s Institution of Engineering…
Kiara Orchard has been recognised at the prestigious Association of Project Management Awards.
A Sellafield Ltd assistant project manager, Kiara Orchard, was the winner of the Emerging Project Professional of the Year Award, at the 2024 Association of Project Management (APM) Awards.
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Sellafield’s legacy waste store, the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo, leaked radioactive liquor into the ground in the 1970s and in 2019 a new leak was discovered.
Our experts are pioneering new ways to help understand and manage what’s going on in the ground below it.
Curiosity around…
The first fuel has been placed into a space-saving storage rack at Sellafield set to save billions of pounds.
Known as the 63-can rack, the container allows the Thorp pond to store 50% more spent nuclear fuel.
That means Sellafield can safely store all the fuel expected from the UK’s…
1 - 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’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. If you join through the…
This year's cohort of apprentices and graduates will help drive forward work at the UK's largest and most complex nuclear site.
Up to 300 vocational and degree apprentices and 150 graduates are expected to join Sellafield Ltd in this year’s intake.
Apprentices will step onto career…
Sellafield is home to one of the biggest portfolios of major construction projects in the UK today. We’re building on an epic scale to provide safe and secure storage of nuclear waste and special nuclear materials.
Sellafield is also home to more than 200 existing nuclear facilities.
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Sellafield Ltd has once again hit the top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in England.
Companies in this elite bracket are recognised as ‘outstanding apprenticeship employers through commitment to creating new apprenticeships, diversity of their apprentices and the number of apprentices who…
Sellafield's Programme and Project Partners has appointed its final key delivery partner to help deliver major projects
Altrad Support Services and KAEFER UK & Ireland have signed a multi-million-pound-a-year contract to deliver access solutions, insulation and painting services on…
Sellafield's rail team welcomed the latest addition to their fleet this month as the site took delivery of its first fully electric locomotive.
Sellafield has one of the largest internal rail networks in the country, with eleven miles of track supporting site operations and the UK’s…
For 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.
Here he explains what the top 3 trends shaping the future of engineering are and how his engineering…
Operators have removed the first zeolite skip from Sellafield’s First Generation Magnox Storage Pond.
The teams involved have recorded 2 other landmark successes in the process.
They’re the first to put a nuclear waste product into a new British-made storage container, known as a…
Drone expert Amanda Smith marked International Women's Day by representing the UK at a global technology conference.
Amanda Smith explained to delegates at an industry summit in Switzerland how Sellafield is deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to deliver decommissioning work safer,…
Clean up of the Sellafield site has taken another step forward with a new storage facility completing a vital milestone ahead of schedule.
This month the £1.5 billion Box Encapsulation Plant (BEP) handed over its waste treatment cell to commissioning, completing its biggest milestone to…
The Programme and Project Partners at Sellafield has received a UK Government award for their work in diversity and inclusion.
The Programme and Project Partners (PPP) beat off strong competition from the Department of Work and Pensions and the Prison and Probation Service at the…
Applications are open for Sellafield Ltd’s new Digital and Technology Solutions degree apprenticeship.
Starting in September this year, the new scheme is designed to help the organisation plug the information and communications technology (ICT) skills shortage, by helping the organisation…
A unique project to transform a derelict local building into a digital and gaming hub has secured multi-million pound backing from Sellafield Ltd and BT.
The former Whittles furniture store in the heart of Whitehaven’s town centre is set to undergo an extensive redevelopment to create a…
Community and environmental restoration projects in West Cumbria will receive over £460,000 of new funding through Sellafield Ltd’s Social Impact Multiplied programme.
Over the last 3 years, the Sellafield Ltd social impact, multiplied (SiX) programme has supported the West Cumbria Rivers…
A critical project to upgrade Sellafield’s electrical power network has hit an important milestone.
The Electrical Distribution Network Upgrade Project, known as EDNUP, is working to refurbish the Sellafield site’s electricity system.
Teams working on the project installed 33…
Sellafield’s newly-opened Direct Import Facility receives first box of historical nuclear waste, paving the way for clean-up of one of the site’s oldest buildings.
One of the biggest challenges at Sellafield is the need to remove historical nuclear waste from its legacy ponds and silos and…
The transformation of Whitehaven’s former Bus Station into a thriving business hub has been celebrated this week after receiving a national award for its impact.
The redevelopment of the once derelict bus station in Whitehaven has been recognised by the Institute…
A state-of-the-art skills centre for the UK nuclear industry has been officially opened at Sellafield.
The Glove Box Training Facility upskills operators in one of nuclear’s most important disciplines. Glove boxes are crucial to operations on nuclear sites. They allow operators to handle…
Sellafield is boosting the support for life saving emergency services in the community with the announcement of further funding for BEEP Doctors Cumbria.
BEEP Doctors (BASICS) Cumbria is a charity providing skilled volunteer doctors who can rapidly respond to accidents and emergencies in…
Sellafield Ltd welcomes 325 new apprentices and graduates as they embark on an exciting career at the largest and most complex nuclear site in the UK.
The new starters will take on a whole range of disciplines such as operations, project management, design engineering and fire fighters,…
It’s a plan that’s been decades in the making but this week saw the achievement of a momentous milestone in the decommissioning story at Sellafield as the first batch of waste was successfully retrieved from the site’s oldest waste store.
After weeks of preparation and checks, the Pile…
Drone pilots have successfully completed 2 flight firsts on the Sellafield site leading the way to increased safety of employees during decommissioning.
The successful deployment of the Elios 3 drone equipped with a LiDAR sensor marks a major milestone for the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV…
This publication sets out the strategy of the Programme and Projet Partners (PPP) for the next 5 years, 2023 to 2028.
It contains an overview of PPP’s purpose and it’s work to deliver a pipeline of major projects at Sellafield, supported by a roadmap of steps the partnership will take in…
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), hosted American and Canadian counterparts to share best practice around how best to deliver effective stakeholder engagement, which is critical to decommissioning.
Representatives from the United States Department of Energy (DoE) and Atomic…
A youth-led eco project is set to see Whitehaven's harbour become mainland Europe’s largest Seabin site.
Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project has already secured the installation of 6 of the ocean-cleaning Seabins and last week they installed the 7th, with the help of Sellafield's Social…
The Programme and Project Partners (PPP), a 20-year partnership transforming how Sellafield Ltd delivers major projects, continues supply chain expansion with earthworks package award.
Keltbray, specialist construction engineering and infrastructure services provider, has been awarded the…
Jennifer Maher has been named as one of the top 50 women in engineering
Sellafield engineers, Jennifer Maher and Jennifer Humphries have extra reasons to celebrate this Women in Engineering Day having been named in the Women in Engineering Society’s Top Women in Engineering Awards.
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The UK's Sellafield nuclear facility has unveiled its AI (artificial intelligence) strategy intended to improve efficiency and safety, with the goal that by 2032 "AI will be driving safer, faster and better performance across our facilities and business functions, with established advisory…
Sky News was given exclusive access to the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria, including to the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo, which has been described as the most hazardous building in Western Europe.
The site is focussed on cleaning up 70 years of our nuclear waste legacy.
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