The first radioactive sludge has been removed from the Sellafield nuclear site, marking a “major step forward” in its clean-up.

The cost of decommissioning and cleaning up the nuclear site at Sellafield has risen £5bn (€6.9bn) to £53bn (€73bn), a new report shows.

Troubled British construction giant Balfour Beatty today disclosed that it had spurned a fresh merger bid from rival Carillion as it reported a slump in half-year profits.

Nuclear watchdogs in Britain have ordered the Sellafield plant to improve waste containment and fire safety after inspectors found breaches at the site.

The Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria, England, has been given the all-clear after an investigation into higher-than-normal radiation readings detected at a perimeter fence.

Naturally occurring radiation was to blame for higher-than-normal readings detected at the Sellafield nuclear plant in Britain today.

The Sellafield nuclear site is being operated at “reduced manning levels” following “the detection of elevated levels of radioactivity”.

International experts have told the Government a radioactive leak at the Sellafield nuclear site would cause no observable health effects in the country.

International experts have told the Irish Government that a radioactive leak at the Sellafield nuclear site would cause no observable health effects in the country.

It is reported that the Sellafield plant in England will not be included in a round of stress tests on nuclear facilities across Europe.

RADIATION from fish and lobsters near Sellafield suggest radioactive material dumped into the sea from Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant isn’t a long-term health threat, scientists said.

SO they want to change the name of FÁS. Are they stark raving mad, or do they think we are stupid? Name changes were the tactics used for Windscale nuclear plant (to Sellafield) and Long Kesh (The Maze) after their reputations were tarnished.

INVESTIGATORS were focusing on gun killer Derrick Bird’s money troubles yesterday after it emerged that he feared being jailed for tax evasion.

Experts from the world nuclear watchdog are to inspect security arrangements at Sellafield for the first time.

Sellafield nuclear plant has been fined over €83,000 after two workers were exposed to radiation.

It will take more than 100 years before the toxic nuclear site at Sellafield is safe, it was revealed today.

A new study published today says the stockpile of radioactive waste at Sellafield is more dangerous than the Chernobyl reactor.

The nuclear site at Sellafield has the chance to become a centre of international expertise following the go-ahead for a new generation of nuclear power stations, UK trade unions in the industry said today.

Three Greenpeace activists boarded the Atlantic Osprey carrier tonight, as it was making its way to Sellafield in Britain with a shipment of nuclear waste for reprocessing.

YOUR report headlined ‘British state agency wins Irish contract for Sellafield study’ (August 20) did not present all the facts with the result that it did not give a clear picture of the situation and I wish to allay any unnecessary concerns that may have resulted from it.

Alistair Darling will address the UK's House of Commons today over claims that nuclear workers who died in the 1960s and 70s had body parts removed without their families’ knowledge.

SELLAFIELD is only 90 miles away and represents a clear and present danger to Ireland.

ENVIRONMENT Minister Dick Roche yesterday called for the Sellafield nuclear waste plant to be shut permanently after the operators were fined £500,000 (€743,393) for a radioactive leak that took eight months to detect.

THE operators of two nuclear facilities have each been fined £2 million (€2.97m) over radioactive spillages.

The company which runs the Sellafield nuclear plant in England has been fined £2m (€2.97m) following a leak at the Thorp plant last year.

FEARS over the threat posed by the Sellafield Nuclear Reprocessing Plant to Ireland have deepened following yesterday’s guilty plea by the operators to a massive leak of radioactive fluid at the plant in Cumbria.

The firm that runs Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant faces an unlimited fine after pleading guilty in court to safety breaches over a radioactive leak today.

THE Government is assembling a team of international nuclear-industry experts to assist in its legal battle to have Sellafield closed.

NUCLEAR material could have been stolen from Sellafield and used to make bombs without the knowledge of the British Nuclear Group, according to a European Commission report.

The British Nuclear Group, which runs the controversial Sellafield plant, was today formally warned over the way it records and reports on radioactive material held at the site.

The Green Party has expressed disappointment with an EU ruling scuppering Ireland's attempt to get Sellafield shut down via the United Nations.

An Oireachtas committee member called for the closure of the Sellafield nuclear plant today after TDs were informed of a new leak while on a visit to the controversial facility.

A high-level group of TDs are to travel to Britain’s Sellafield nuclear plant to question bosses at the facility over recent radioactive fuel leaks, it has emerged.

ENVIRONMENT Minister Dick Roche has criticised management systems at the Sellafield nuclear plant, describing them as “something you’d expect from Homer Simpson”.

The Government insists the latest radioactive leak at Sellafield has no implications for Ireland.

Dangers posed by the Sellafield nuclear plant could threaten Ireland for the next 150 years, it was claimed today.

The National Cancer Registry believes increased cancer rates in Co Louth cannot be attributed to the Sellafield nuclear plant in Britain.

Sellafield nuclear plant cannot account for 30kg of plutonium which has “gone missing” from its site, it was reported today.

THE Department of Health has said it is uncertain if it will issue more iodine tablets after tests on the last batch revealed they are still effective despite being due to expire next month.

The Irish and British governments are due to sign a new agreement today that will give Irish inspectors improved access to the Sellafield nuclear plant and its security arrangements.

THE European Commission is to take legal action against the British Government over "unacceptable failings" in dealing with nuclear waste at the Sellafield plant in Cumbria.

SELLAFIELD bosses are refusing to speculate on reports that the British government is about to grant them permission to store thousands of extra tons of radioactive waste at their Welsh base, 50 miles from the Irish coast.

The Green Party has reacted angrily to news the British government has failed to meet an EU deadline for outlining how it plans to clean up a radioactive site at Sellafield.