Sellafield ordered to improve plant safety

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

They have also made risk reduction at Sellafield their top priority, warning that many of the facilities were outdated and there was a need to improve the safety culture at the sprawling complex, which lies just 160km from the Irish coast.

The first annual report of the British Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), an independent statutory body since last April, states: “We have identified regulation of Sellafield as our number one regulatory priority.”