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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Anna Isaac and Alex Lawson

Sellafield: ‘bottomless pit of hell, money and despair’ at Europe’s most toxic nuclear site

A general view of the Sellafield nuclear processing plant in Cumbria.
A general view of the Sellafield nuclear processing plant in Cumbria. The site began receiving radioactive waste for disposal in 1959. Composite: Guardian Design/PA

Ministers who visit Sellafield for the first time are left with no illusions about the challenge at Europe’s most toxic nuclear site.

One former UK secretary of state described it as a “bottomless pit of hell, money and despair”, which sucked up so much cash that it drowned out many other projects the economy could otherwise benefit from.

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