Waste Vitrification Plant
Waste Vitrification Plant is an industrial building in St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, England. Waste Vitrification Plant is situated nearby to the building Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, as well as near Open fuel storage pond.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sellafield railway station and Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant.
Sellafield railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sellafield is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It serves Sellafield, in Cumbria, England; it is situated 35 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness. Sellafield railway station is situated 2,700 feet west of Waste Vitrification Plant.
Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
Building
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, or THORP, is a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Sellafield in Cumbria, England. THORP is owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and operated by Sellafield Ltd, the site licensee. Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Waste Vitrification Plant.
Grey Croft stone circle
Archaeological site
Grey Croft stone circle is a restored stone circle near Seascale in Cumbria, England. It is situated near the site of the former nuclear-power stations at Sellafield. Grey Croft stone circle is situated 1 mile south of Waste Vitrification Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calder Bridge and Seascale.
Calder Bridge
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calder Bridge is a small village in Cumbria in England. It is located between the hamlets of Gosforth and Beckermet and lies on the River Calder. It is around 1 mile northeast from the Sellafield nuclear plant—Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station was the world's first major nuclear power station when it opened in 1956. Calder Bridge is situated 1½ miles northeast of Waste Vitrification Plant.
Seascale
Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Seascale is a village and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland. The parish had a population of 1,754 in 2011, barely decreasing by 0.4% in 2021.
Blackbeck
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackbeck is a small village in Cumbria, England. It is northeast of Beckermet and Sellafield, along the A595 road. It contains properties such as the Blackbeck Inn, Blackbeck Farm and Brow House. Blackbeck is situated 2 miles north of Waste Vitrification Plant.
Waste Vitrification Plant
- Type: Industrial building
- Categories: building and industry
- Location: St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.41907° or 54° 25′ 9″ northLongitude
-3.49864° or 3° 29′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C6RCG92+JGOpenStreetMap ID
way 106885619OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrial
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