Sellafield is the name of a nuclear site, close to the village and railway station of
Seascale, operated by
British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL), but owned since
1 April 2005 by the
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Sellafield is located on the coast of the
Irish Sea in
Cumbria,
England. It houses the
Thorp nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, the
Magnox nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, the inactive
Calder Hall Magnox
nuclear power station — the world's first commercial nuclear power station, and other older nuclear facilities.
