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BEIS Committee members visit Sellafield site

Three members of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee visited the Sellafield site last week.

BEIS visit on the Sellafield site

BEIS visit on the Sellafield site

Decommissioning the congested Sellafeld site is the most challenging environmental remediation project in Europe. Three members of BEIS Select Committee visited the site, to learn about the challenges and progress being made in reducing hazards and risks at the site.

皇冠体育app committee鈥檚 primary focus is on the management of radioactive waste, and Chair of the Committee, Rachel Reeves MP (Leeds West) was accompanied on the visit by fellow Committee members Mark Pawsey MP (Rugby) and Peter Kyle MP (Hove).

皇冠体育app MPs witnessed some of the innovative work being carried out on one of the high priority facilities on the site. 皇冠体育appy were joined by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority CEO David Peattie and former MP, now Sellafield Ltd鈥檚 head of development and community relations, Jamie Reed.

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Published 6 July 2018