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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.

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.

Date: Friday, 20 September 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-removal-completed-at-Wylfa

Yesterday marked 60 years since the opening of the world's first commercial nuclear power plant at Calder Hall in west Cumbria in England. Opened on 17 October 1956 by Queen Elizabeth II, Calder Hall was in operation for 47 years.

Date: Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-marks-60th-anniversary-of-Calder-Hall


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.

Date: Monday, 23 February 2015
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssellafield-swarf-waste-milestone-4517457

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