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The Magnox Swarf Storage Silo from a distance. It is made up of large grey buildings and two long pipes sticking up into the air. There is lots of machinery nearby.

Recycle don't store nuclear waste - union says

The GMB union says plutonium is a "national asset, not a liability" and should be recycled.

Still from the Atomfall game showing a masked male character standing on a rock on combat gear holding a rifle. He looks out over a green landscape with dark clouds forming over mountains in the distance, with a nuclear reactor shooting blue lightning bolts into the sky.

Atomfall: How a forgotten nuclear disaster inspired a video game

A new video game has brought the 1957 disaster in Cumbria back into the spotlight.

Flood water in Whitehaven tunnel containing iron ochre

Rail line hit by orange water to close for weeks

The track is affected by discoloured water, which discharges into Whitehaven Harbour.

The Magnox Swarf Storage Silo from a distance. It is made up of large grey buildings and two long pipes sticking up into the air. There is lots of machinery nearby.

Leak is Sellafield's 'biggest environmental issue'

The current leak, running since 2019, is a recurrence of a problem reported in the 1970s.

A robotic black dog-shaped system. It has blue panels and has four legs similar to a dogs.

Robot dog to assist in Sellafield clean-up

Sellafield Ltd says the robot has "huge potential" for remote inspections and clean-up work.

A flask standing on a platform outside an industrial building. A group of men in high-visibility clothing can be seen working in the background

Nuclear waste to be sent back to Europe

Sellafield is shipping more than 700 tonnes of reprocessed nuclear material back to Germany.

A general view of the Sellafield site seen from a distance, with vapour coming out of some of the chimneys.

Nuclear site warns £2.8bn budget is 'not enough'

The nuclear site says it may have to slow or stop some of its operations.

An aerial image of Sellafield. The large site, which looks like an industrial estate with several buildings, roads and car parks, is surrounded by green fields.

Watchdog drops extra Sellafield security checks

The ONR says scrutiny focused on measures against "theft and sabotage of nuclear materials".

An artist's impression of what Market Place might look like after the work. Yellow and black bollards stand round two raised slabbed areas. One has four different shaped benches, a few small trees and some greenery in a planter, the other has a circular bench underneath a jet black dome held up by four pillars and a central column. A few people mill about on the slabbed areas and one person is looking at an information board - of the sort you'd get next to a zoo enclosure - which has been stuck to a randomly-placed section of wall in the middle of the square. The rest of the square is deserted except for, half out of shot to the right, a lurking silver car with blacked out windows.

Work to start on town centre's £450k revamp

Work on the £450,000 project at Green Market and Duke Street is scheduled to last 13 weeks.