Open fuel storage pond
Open fuel storage pond is a pond in St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, England. Open fuel storage pond is situated nearby to the ruins Windscale Pile 1 chimney, as well as near the building Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant.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 3,400 feet southwest of Open fuel storage pond.
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 2,800 feet south of Open fuel storage pond.
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 Open fuel storage pond.
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.
Open fuel storage pond
- Type: Pond
- Category: body of water
- Location: St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.42378° or 54° 25′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.49985° or 3° 29′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C6RCGF2+G3OpenStreetMap ID
way 603463705OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pond
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