The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.

Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a large multi-function nuclear site close to Seascale on the coast of Cumbria, England. As of August 2022, primary activities are nuclear waste processing and storage and nuclear decommissioning. Former activities included nuclear power generation from 1956 to 2003, and nuclear fuel reprocessing from 1952 to 2022.

Aerial view Sellafield, Cumbria - geograph.org.uk - 50827
Aerial view Sellafield, Cumbria - geograph.org.uk - 50827 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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HD.15.003 (11824034284) (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Calder Hall, Queen opening
Calder Hall, Queen opening (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Chart forecast costs clean up Sellafield vs non-Sellafield from 2005
Chart forecast costs clean up Sellafield vs non-Sellafield from 2005 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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