Windscale Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (WAGR)

Windscale Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (WAGR) is a building in St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, England. Windscale Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (WAGR) is situated nearby to the ruins Windscale Pile 1 chimney, as well as near Open fuel storage pond.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sellafield railway station and Sellafield.

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 3,700 feet southwest of Windscale Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (WAGR).

Sellafield

Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Sellafield is situated 3,000 feet south of Windscale Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (WAGR).

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 3,600 feet south of Windscale Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (WAGR).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calder Bridge and Blackbeck.

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.

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 1½ miles north of Windscale Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (WAGR).

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.

Windscale Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (WAGR)

Type: Building
Location: St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.42591° or 54° 25′ 33″ north

Longitude

-3.50299° or 3° 30′ 11″ west

Open location code

9C6RCFGW+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 106887377

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Windscale Pile 1 chimney and Open fuel storage pond.

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