Sellafield nuclear safety and security director to leave

Sellafield, a nuclear waste site in Cumbria, is also the world’s largest store of plutonium. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

The top director responsible for safety and security at Sellafield is to leave the vast nuclear waste dump in north-west England, it has emerged.

Mark Neate, the Sellafield environment, safety and security director, is to leave the organisation later this year.