Magnox reprocessing plant completed operations

The Magnox Reprocessing Plant at Sellafield completed its operations. According to a report by the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the plant took the final feed of spent fuel before midnight on 17 July 2022.

The plant was reprocessing spent fuel of Magnox reactors, the last of which was shut down in 2015. In operation since 1964, the facility reprocessed 54,920 tonnes of spent fuel.