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Sellafield Nuclear Power Plant Safety Fears as 'Potentially Deadly Nitrogen Gas Leaks' - The Mirror

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Sellafield Nuclear Power Plant Safety Fears as 'Potentially Deadly Nitrogen Gas Leaks' - The Mirror

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One incident involved an 'elevated level' of nitrogen gas, which can cause asphyxiation, at the plant’s Magnox facility. The incident was played down, the source claimed.See the Story

Greens call for action following damning Sellafield report

Green Party · Sellafield

Greens call for action following damning Sellafield report

Greens call for action following damning Sellafield report joseph.keogh@g… Thu, 06/26/2025 - 15:08 Sellafield nuclear site.jpg Image The Green Party has called on the Irish Government to urgently engage with its counterparts in the UK following a damning report on safety and workplace culture at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site in Cumbria. Raising the matter in both the Seanad and Dáil this week, Green Party Senator Malcolm Noonan and …Read Article

£127M wasted on failed UK nuclear cleanup plan

Don’t worry, only 100 more years of Sellafield nuclear site cleansing to go Lindsay Clark, Sat 7 Jun 2025, https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/07/mps_find_127_million_wasted_sellafield/ The center for the UK’s nuclear industry wasted £127 million ($172 million) during delays and replanning as it scrambled to find alternatives for facilities which treat and repackage plutonium, a Parliamentary report found. In the face of a 2028 deadline to repla…Sellafield · Sellafield Read Article

Let’s not pretend nuclear works

Funding the Future, Richard Murphy, June 6 2025, https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06/06/lets-not-pretend-nuclear-works/ As the Public Accounts Committee has reported this week: The retrieval of waste from ageing buildings at the most hazardous nuclear site in the UK is not happening quickly enough. In its report on decommissioning Sellafield, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warns that the estimated £136bn cost of the project would r…Sellafield · Sellafield Read Article

MPs Find £127M Was Wasted on Failed UK Nuclear Cleanup Plan

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: Don't worry, only 100 more years of Sellafield nuclear site cleansing to goSellafield · Sellafield See the Story

Sellafield’s race against time: nuclear waste clean-up not going quickly enough, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warns

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, Chair of the Committee, said: “The intolerable risks presented by Sellafield’s ageing infrastructure are truly world-class. When visiting the site, it is impossible not to be struck by the fact that one can be standing in what is surely one of the most hazardous places in the world. “Our report contains too many signs that this is a race that Sellafield risks losing.” 4 June 2025, https://committees.parliament.uk/c…Infrastructure · Sellafield See the Story

"The Most Dangerous Building in the United Kingdom": a Leak of Radioactive Liquid at a Nuclear Power Plant Gives Cause for Concern

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In Sellafield, the nuclear power plant, inaugurated in 1956, ceased to produce electricity in 2003, but the site is home to contaminated buildings, aging facilities and untreated waste.Sellafield · Sellafield Read Article

MPs Release Report Saying Sellafield Continues to Present 'Intolerable Risks'

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Britain’s most hazardous building could leak radioactive water until the 2050s as clean-up operations at Sellafield struggle to progress quickly enough, MPs have warned.Westminster · Sellafield See the Story

UK’s Most Hazardous Building Still Leaking Radioactive Water, MPs Warn

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The Commons Public Accounts Committee criticised the speed of decommissioning work at the former nuclear power plant.Whistleblower · Sellafield See the Story

How does the nuclear industry get away with its persistent, repetitive lies?

Radiation Free Lakeland * nuclear landfill/geological dump * NO TA! Steve Wallis , 25 May 25 Thoughts on the nuclear industry and how it is “run” and perceived by the people who work in the industry and how it is “sold” to the public. An earlier thread details Trump’s executive orders re “new” nuclear and the lies spouting forth about new this, new safety that, and not like the other nukes nonsense. There are a few things that are very puzzling …Sellafield · Sellafield Read Article