Sellafield

English

Proper noun

Sellafield

1. A former village in Copeland borough, Cumbria, England, now the site of a nuclear reprocessing plant, formerly known as Windscale (OS grid ref NY0203).
   • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:

     One can't escape the huge nuclear facility at Sellafield (supplier of much of the line's remaining freight traffic), or miss the wild shingle beaches with exposed and precarious bungalows sandwiched between the railway and the shore at Braystones.