On October 10, 1957, a hidden disaster unfolded at the Windscale nuclear facility in the coastal town of Cumbria, Northwest England. Initially undetected, a fire erupted in one of the two reactors ...

An employment tribunal was slanted against a whistleblower who raised concerns about Sellafield, her lawyers have told an appeal. The nuclear site terminated an 18-month £1,500-a-day contract ...

The government says it will dispose of its 140 tonnes of radioactive plutonium - currently stored at a secure facility at Sellafield in Cumbria. The UK has the world's largest stockpile of the ...

Due to the amber wind warning that has been issued ahead of the storm, Sellafield employees who can work from home have been told to do so on Friday, January 24. Sellafield has also advised ...

Sellafield Ltd issued a message to employee's ahead of 'predicted worsening weather conditions' on January 5. Sellafield Ltd said: "Owing to severe weather conditions, operations at Sellafield ...

Renamed Sellafield in 1981 to shed the negative connotations of its past, the facility transitioned from nuclear weapon materials production to supplying energy to the National Grid. This ...