Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: waived nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in England, UK
- Also known as: “Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sellafield and Sellafield railway station.
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 560 feet north of 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 2,100 feet west of Thermal Oxide Reprocessing 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 3,800 feet southeast of Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seascale and Calder Bridge.
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.
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 2 miles northeast of Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant.
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 Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant.
Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
- Category: nuclear facility
- Location: St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.41625° or 54° 24′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.50072° or 3° 30′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C6RCF8X+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 106994756OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q339443
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant” goes by many names.
- German: “Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant”
- Japanese: “ソープ再処理工場”
- Spanish: “Planta termal de reprocesamiento de oxido”
- Spanish: “Planta termal de reprocesamiento de óxido”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sellafield and Open fuel storage pond.
Nearby Places
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant”. Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.