An explosives disposal team has been called in to assist the incident, at the Magnox Reprocessing Plant, after a small amount of organic peroxide was identified. 

Evacuation after hazardous chemicals found at Sellafield 

Sellafield, close to seascale, was placed into a "safe shutdown" as a precaution while engineers work to return the site's supply.

Sellafield placed in 'safe shutdown' after steam shortage

£2.2m has been pledged to west Cumbria from Sellafield and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in a bid to close the gap between the highest earners and the lowest. The money will be distributed by the Cumbria Community Foundation over three years.

The most vulnerable in west Cumbria to benefit from Sellafield cash boost

The stock will distributed to NHS facilities across Cumbria.

Sellafield donates £200,000 of PPE to help NHS

Nicole talks about her journey and the difference in attitudes today towards the transgender community.

Frank, Fearless and Female: Nicole Cowles

Sellafield chemist Rebecca Ballantyne is working as part of the Women in Nuclear Cumbria team to attract females to the sector.


Forensics and fairytales: Carlisle kids get lesson from award-winning scientist

The Environment Agency is opening a public consultation on waste and discharge permit changes at Sellafield.

Sellafield waste permit set to change

This incident involved damage to a high voltage underground electric cable during excavation works. 

'Significant incident' at Sellafield leads to improvement notice

Major projects at Sellafield are still "significantly delayed" and expected to overrun by nearly £1billion, according to a new report.

Sellafield delays set to cost nearly £1billion

A court case brought against Sellafield Ltd has come before a judge, after a worker was allegedly exposed to plutonium.

Sellafield case in court after worker allegedly exposed to plutonium

Firefighters at the Sellafield nuclear site will go on strike on Monday, as part of a long running dispute over pay. 

Sellafield firefighters to walk out again over pay

Sellafield is being hit by another wave of industrial action today, with 3,000 GMB union members there on strike - for the third time.

Sellafield hit by strikes as 3,000 workers walk out

The Unite union, which represents more than 1,000 staff, has called the action, with a further strike planned by the GMB next week.

Workers hold further strikes at Sellafield over pay

The 24-hour strike is due to start at 6.00am on Tuesday over an 'unacceptable' 1.5% pay offer from Sellafield Ltd.

Over 1,000 Sellafield workers set to strike

Dangerous chemicals stored in a laboratory at the nuclear reprocessing plant have now been detonated by an army bomb disposal team.

Border Sellafield