250px|The Sellafield facility on the Cumbrian coast, United Kingdom At the Sellafield reprocessing plant, a leak in the process was spotted on April 19. The leak did not cause danger to people or the environment but it disturbed the normal operation of the plant. The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, or THORP, recycles spent nuclear fuel from British AGR and PWR reactors. (Another plant reprocesses fuel from Britain's older Magnox reactors). Nuclear fuel reprocessing recycles spent nuclear fuel, greatly reducing the amount of waste. The process is technically complicated and there is a political debate on its safety. Since the price of nuclear fuel is presently low, fuel produced by THORP has had problems competing in the market. Furthermore THORP has encountered some technical problems lately. There is discussion whether THORP should be allowed to continue in operation. Sellafield is also the site of, amongst other things, a decommissioned nuclear power plant . Previously the site has also been the scene of the 1957 Windscale fire , the most severe nuclear accident on British soil.
250px|The facility on the Cumbrian coast, United Kingdom At the reprocessing plant, a leak in the process was spotted on April 19. The leak did not cause danger to people or the environment but it disturbed the normal operation of the plant. The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, or THORP, recycles spent nuclear fuel from British and reactors. (Another plant reprocesses fuel from Britain's older reactors). recycles spent nuclear fuel, greatly reducing the amount of waste. The process is technically complicated and there is a political debate on its safety. Since the price of nuclear fuel is presently low, fuel produced by THORP has had problems competing in the market. Furthermore THORP has encountered some technical problems lately. There is discussion whether THORP should be allowed to continue in operation. Sellafield is also the site of, amongst other things, a decommissioned . Previously the site has also been the scene of the 1957 , the most severe nuclear accident on British soil.
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