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29.10.2009
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British nuclear build-out to continue at Sellafield – with a little wind power thrown in
A consortium of three international energy companies led by Scotland is paying £70 million for land adjacent to Sellafeild in Northwest England’s Cumbria to build a new nuclear power plant scheduled to begin construction by 2015, British media are reporting.
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07.06.2009
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Sellafeild’s Thorp reprocessing unit to shut down for seven months for planned maintenance
Sellafield’s Thorp reprocessing facility will be shutdown by the site’s operator for seven months for “planned engineering and maintenance” while workers at the site check one of the three evaporators that feed the plants that reprocess spent nuclear fuel, officials said.
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19.05.2009
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Reprocessing equipment closure at Sellafield to impact Thorp – environmentalists call for shut-down
An investigation has begun at Britain’s Sellafield site after an evaporator serving the site’s spent nuclear fuel reprocessing facility was shut down after a slight rise in activity was discovered in the equipment’s top coils.
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01.06.2009
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Thorp to restart after reprocessing equipment check-out
Sellafield's Thorp reprocessing plant will not be shut down, the facility’s 1,500 staff have been told, according to the Whitehaven News.
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29.10.2008
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Nuclear waste repository near Sellafield under consideration
Proposals are being considered for an underground nuclear waste disposal site in Cumbria where Sellafield is located, the BBC reported.
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13.08.2007
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Test explosions at Sellafield’s Calder Hall towers a ‘success’
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.
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01.06.2003
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Sellafield
Bellona's report on Sellafield and its comprehensive illustration of the plant presents new information about the dumping and spreading of radioactive waste.
- Nuclear UK
Part of
- The Vulnerability of the UK's Nuclear Facilities to Terrorism