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

UK minister demands answers for security failings at Sellafield

A pixellated and tinted photo of Sellafield nuclear processing plant in Cumbria, overlaid with a grid
The Guardian’s Nuclear Leaks has been investigating security and contamination problems at Sellafield, in Cumbria. Composite: Guardian Design/PA

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities at the UK’s most hazardous nuclear site must be urgently addressed and explanations given for any shortcomings, a cabinet minister has demanded.

Claire Coutinho, secretary of state for energy security and net zero, wrote to the chief executive of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), David Peattie, saying allegations by the Guardian about failings in cybersecurity at Sellafield in Cumbria needed “urgent attention”.

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