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Sellafield
Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a large multi-function nuclear site close to Seascale on the coast of Cumbria, England. As of August 2022, primary activities are nuclear waste processing and storage and nuclear decommissioning. Former activities included nuclear power generation from 1956 to 2003, and nuclear fuel reprocessing from 1952 to 2022.
Windscale fire
major nuclear accident in the UK
Chapelcross nuclear power station
nuclear power station in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Atomic Energy Research Establishment
institution at Harwell, in the United Kingdom
Atomic Weapons Establishment
UK Ministry of Defence research facility for the construction of nuclear warheads
Winfrith
Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment, or AEE Winfrith, was a United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority site near Winfrith Newburgh in Dorset. It covered an area on Winfrith Heath to the west of the village of Wool between the A352 road and the South West Main Line.