Sellafield

The Sellafield nuclear site is home to one of the most complex portfolios of construction projects in the world

The Silos Maintenance Facility has taken nine years to build

Sellafield is home to one of the most complex portfolios of nuclear construction projects in the world

The 70-year old Pile Fuel Cladding Silo was originally designed to be sealed forever

It marks one of the final steps in Sellafield’s transformation towards becoming a site that is solely focused on decommissioning

The Public Accounts Committee has warned the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority cannot be complacent

Firms from Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria are building boxes to store radioactive materials from the site

It promises to transform the decommissioning of the redundant nuclear plant

It aims to help secure inward investment and reduce the economic challenge of over-reliance on the local nuclear industry

The highly radioactive ‘liquor’ has been in storage for several decades