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.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 feet (20 metres)
- Description: Nuclear reprocessing and waste treatment and storage site in Cumbria, England
- Also known as“Low Sellafield”“Sellafield (United Kingdom)”“Sellafield nuclear site”
Places of Interest
Discover Sellafield railway station and Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant.
Sellafield railway station
Sellafield is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast…
Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, or THORP…
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
Calder Bridge is a small village in Cumbria in England.
1½ miles northeast of Sellafield
Sellafield
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Latitude
54.42202° or 54° 25′ 19″ north
Longitude
-3.50548° or 3° 30′ 20″ west
Open location code
9C6RCFCV+RR
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Sellafield” goes by many names.
SellafieldAfrikaans
مجمع سيلافيلد النوويArabic
SellafieldAsturian
SellafieldBreton
卡德霍尔核电站Chinese
卡德霍爾核電站Chinese
塞拉菲尔德Chinese
塞拉菲尔德反应堆Chinese
塞拉菲尔德核电站Chinese
塞拉菲爾德Chinese
塞拉菲爾德反應堆Chinese
溫德斯卡萊Chinese
謝拉斐爾德Chinese
SellafieldCzech
WindscaleCzech
SellafieldDanish
Kerncentrale Calder HallDutch
SellafieldDutch
WindscaleDutch
SellafieldEsperanto
SellafieldFinnish
SellafieldIndonesian
SellafieldIrish
SellafieldItalian
WindscaleItalian
ウィンズケールJapanese
セラフィールドJapanese
セラフィールド再処理工場Japanese
셀라필드Korean
셀라필드 원자력 단지Korean
SellafieldNorwegian
SellafieldNorwegian Bokmål
SellafieldPolish
Кэлдер ХоллRussian
СеллафилдRussian
SellafieldScots
SellafieldSlovak
SellafieldSwedish
ThorpSwedish
WindscaleSwedish
SellafieldTurkish
ВіндскейлUkrainian
Колдер ГоллUkrainian
СеллафілдUkrainian
SellafieldWelsh
WindscaleWelsh
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