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Inside Sellafield: behind the razor wire, gun-toting guards and blast barriers at the toxic nuclear site

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The 700-acre Sellafield complex means different things to different people. To UK authorities it is a decommissioning hub being used to spearhead the clean-up of Britain's early nuclear industry mistakes. In Ireland, about 180km away, it is mostly seen as a potential hazard, a byword for danger. The site is also home to the world's biggest stockpile of plutonium.

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Inside Sellafield: behind the razor wire, gun-toting guards and blast barriers at the toxic nuclear site

The site in Cumbria in England directly across the Irish Sea is now an enormous nuclear dump. The Irish Times is given rare access to the most dangerous nuclear facility in western Europe

1 month ago·Dublin, Ireland

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