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.

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NDA commended for commitment to transparency

Nuclear 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 trains

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,…

From reactors to a role model: Laura’s journey through the NDA group

Laura 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 programme

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…

NDA supply chain award winners 2024 revealed

The 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 Sellafield

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…

Sellafield waste team has 50,000 reasons to celebrate

A 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 engineering

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.

New storage facility at Sellafield takes another step forward

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…

Sellafield electricity project powers ahead

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…