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.
- Type: Locality
- Description: Nuclear reprocessing and waste treatment and storage site in Cumbria, England
- Also known as: “Kerncentrale Calder Hall”, “Kernkraftwerk Sellafield”, “Kernkraftwerk Windscale”, “Kernkraftwerk Windscale AGR”, “Low Sellafield”, “Sellafield (United Kingdom)”, “Sellafield nuclear site”, “Thorp”, “Usine de retraitement de Sellafield”, “Windscale”, “Windscale AGR”, “Віндскейл”, “Колдер Голл”, “Кэлдер Холл”, “셀라필드 원자력단지”, “ウィンズケール”, “セラフィールド再処理工場”, “卡德霍尔核电站”, “卡德霍爾核電站”, “塞拉菲尔德反应堆”, “塞拉菲爾德反應堆”, “溫德斯卡萊”, and “謝拉斐爾德”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sellafield railway station and Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant.
Grey Croft stone circle
Archaeological site
Grey Croft stone circle is a restored stone circle near Seascale in Cumbria, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calder Bridge and Blackbeck.
Calder Bridge
Village
Blackbeck
Hamlet
Sellafield
- Categories: nuclear facility and business
- Location: St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.42202° or 54° 25′ 19″ north
Longitude
-3.50548° or 3° 30′ 20″ west
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
Open location code
9C6RCFCV+RR
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Sellafield” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Sellafield”
- Arabic: “مجمع سيلافيلد النووي”
- Asturian: “Sellafield”
- Breton: “Sellafield”
- Chinese: “塞拉菲尔德”
- Chinese: “塞拉菲尔德核电站”
- Chinese: “塞拉菲爾德”
- Czech: “Sellafield”
- Danish: “Sellafield”
- Dutch: “Sellafield”
- Esperanto: “Sellafield”
- Finnish: “Sellafield”
- French: “Sellafield”
- German: “Sellafield”
- Indonesian: “Sellafield”
- Irish: “Sellafield”
- Italian: “Sellafield”
- Japanese: “セラフィールド”
- Korean: “셀라필드 원자력 단지”
- Korean: “셀라필드”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sellafield”
- Norwegian: “Sellafield”
- Polish: “Sellafield”
- Portuguese: “Sellafield”
- Russian: “Селлафилд”
- Scots: “Sellafield”
- Slovak: “Sellafield”
- Spanish: “Sellafield”
- Swedish: “Sellafield”
- Turkish: “Sellafield”
- Ukrainian: “Селлафілд”
- Welsh: “Sellafield”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: High Sellafield and Braystones.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Calder Hall nuclear power station and River Ehen.
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