Under-fire Sellafield operator hit with £3bn loss

SELLAFIELD nuclear facility’s operators will announce losses of £3 billion today, as Ireland prepares to launch a fresh legal challenge against the controversial plant next week.

British Energy, which the British Government saved from collapse earlier this year, will reveal its full-year figures showing unprecedented losses.

The accounts will reveal operating losses of £500m and a devaluation of over £2.5bn on the company’s eight nuclear and one coal-fired power stations. The group also owes £1.3bn.