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Sellafield Reprocessing Plant


Sellafield is the controversial nuclear reprocessing plant, operated by British Nuclear Fuels, on the Cumbrian coast.Originally the 'Windscale and Calder Works', Calder Hall was the world's first commercial nuclear power station, and Windscale was the reprocessing plant that converted the waste products of nuclear power stations to re-useable uranium (96%), plutonium for nuclear weapons (1%), and the highly radioactive but useless fission products (3%).Radioactive discharges to the air and sea have given discomfort to various neighbouring countries especially Ireland and Norway, who are campaigning to have the plant closed.



Shut Sellafield - Campaign to close the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in West Cumbria. About the plant, schools section, purpose of the campaign, and information about the Chernobyl accident.
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Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment - CORE's campaign remit is to cover all aspects of Sellafield's operations including the radioactive sea and air discharges, the resultant contamination of the local environment, and the health detriment to local communities and wildlife.
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The Alternative Guide to Sellafield - An alternative view to the official one about the 1957 fire, reprocessing, plutonium and other matters at the Sellafield (formerly Windscale) nuclear reprocessing plant in West Cumbria.
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Guardian Unlimited - Today's issues - Sellafield - feature on Sellafield in the Guardian, Friday February 18, 2000, with a description of what the plant does, why Sellafield is in the news, and questions why nuclear power is unpopular.
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Sellafield Local Liaison Committee - The committee which independently monitors Sellafield. Includes constitution, and minutes of the meetings.
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Team Investigation of Sellafield - Report fromn the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into a multidisciplinary team inspection carried out by HSE into the control and supervision of operations at BNFL's site at Sellafield.
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WISE Women special - The Sellafield Story - Article by Janine Allis-Smith about her son who often played on the beaches near Sellafield, and who at the age of 12, was diagnosed with leukemia.
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British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) - Provides products and services to the nuclear industry and governments worldwide, including fuel design and production, reactor services, electricity generation, spent fuel management and facility decommissioning.
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Children of Plutonium - Article on the high cancer rate in the offspring of Sellafield fathers, by William Keepin, Ph.D.
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N-BASE Sellafield Crisis - Reports from various sources commenting on the reports by the Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII), published on Friday 18th February 2000 on British Nuclear Fuels and the Sellafield reprocessing plant.
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Greenpeace - Reprocessing - Various articles from the Greenpeace website on reprocessing, including several relating directly to Sellafield.
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BBC News - What is nuclear reprocessing? - BBC News Online examines the benefits and disadvantages of the nuclear fuel reprocessing system. Includes a description and graphic of the Sellafield process, and links to related Sellafield news items.
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Possible Toxic Effects from the Nuclear Reprocessing Plants at Sellafield and Cap de la Hague - National Radiological Protection Board articles on radiation issues.
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Crisis deepens over British nuclear reprocessing plant - Article from World Socialist on international alarm over the production and storage of nuclear waste and reprocessed fuel at Sellafield.
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Windscale Nuclear Incident - Detailed description of the world's first significant release of radioactive material from a nuclear reactor. This happened on October 7, 1957, at Windscale in Cumberland, [now renamed Sellafield].
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Guardian Unlimited - Nuclear Reprocessing - Find out how nuclear processing works at the Sellafield THORP plant, with this click-through graphic. [Flash required]
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