Magnox Reprocessing Plant
Nuclear reprocessing plant at SellafieldThe Magnox Reprocessing Plant is a former nuclear reprocessing facility at Sellafield in northern England, which operated from 1964 to 2022. The plant used PUREX chemistry to extract plutonium and uranium from used nuclear fuel originating primarily from Magnox reactors. The plant was originally constructed and operated by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), but in 1971 control was transferred to British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL). From 2005 the plant was operated by Sellafield Ltd.
Read article
Top Questions
AI generatedMore questions
Nearby Places
Sellafield
Nuclear site in Cumbria, England
Windscale fire
1957 nuclear accident in the UK
Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
Decommissioned UK nuclear fuel reprocessing plant (1994–2018)
Sellafield railway station
Railway station in Cumbria, England
River Calder, Cumbria
River in Cumbria, England
Calder, Cumbria
Human settlement in England
Windscale Piles
Former air-cooled graphite-moderated nuclear reactors
Calder Hall nuclear power station
UK nuclear power station