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The first batch of waste has been removed from the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo (MSSS) at the Sellafield site in the UK. The facility was built in the 1960s to store waste from the UK's earliest nuclear reactors in water-filled chambers.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 11 June 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Waste-removal-starts-at-Sellafield-facility
The final used nuclear fuel has been shipped from the Wylfa site on Anglesey, in Wales, the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said today. The milestone marks the end of a programme to defuel all of the country's Magnox sites.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 20 September 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-removal-completed-at-Wylfa
Sellafield Ltd has says a 'significant milestone' has been reached after two million litres of liquid nuclear waste was pumped out of the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo (MSSS), one of the oldest nuclear waste stores in the world.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 23 February 2015
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssellafield-swarf-waste-milestone-4517457