Sellafield's Thorp reprocessing plant will not be shut down, the facility’s 1,500 staff have been told, according to the Whitehaven News.
Proposals are being considered for an underground nuclear waste disposal site in Cumbria where Sellafield is located, the BBC reported.
NEW YORK - Test explosions over the weekend on four giant cooling towers at the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria have been declared a success, the BBC reported.