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PRONUNCIATION OF SELLAFIELD

Sellafield  [ˈsɛləˌfiːld] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELLAFIELD

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Sellafield is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SELLAFIELD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sellafield

Sellafield

Sellafield is a nuclear reprocessing site, close to the village of Seascale on the coast of the Irish Sea in Cumbria, England. The site is served by Sellafield railway station. Sellafield incorporates the original nuclear reactor site at Windscale, which is currently undergoing decommissioning and dismantling, and Calder Hall, another neighbour of Windscale, which is also undergoing decommissioning and dismantling of its four nuclear power generating reactors. The total cost of decommissioning, which will be borne by UK taxpayers, is now considered to be in excess of £70 bn.

Definition of Sellafield in the English dictionary

The definition of Sellafield in the dictionary is the site of an atomic power station and nuclear reprocessing plant in NW England, in W Cumbria Former name: Windscale.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELLAFIELD


airfield
ˈɛəˌfiːld
battlefield
ˈbætəlˌfiːld
Beaconsfield
ˈbɛkənzˌfiːld
Bloomfield
ˈbluːmˌfiːld
Butterfield
ˈbʌtəˌfiːld
canfield
ˈkænˌfiːld
chesterfield
ˈtʃɛstəˌfiːld
Garfield
ˈɡɑːˌfiːld
greenfield
ˈɡriːnˌfiːld
Hatfield
ˈhætˌfiːld
Huddersfield
ˈhʌdəzˌfiːld
Lichfield
ˈlɪtʃˌfiːld
Macclesfield
ˈmækəlzˌfiːld
Mansfield
ˈmænsˌfiːld
oilfield
ˈɔɪlˌfiːld
Oldfield
ˈəʊldˌfiːld
outfield
ˈaʊtˌfiːld
Springfield
ˈsprɪŋˌfiːld
Wakefield
ˈweɪkˌfiːld
Whitefield
ˈwɪtˌfiːld

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELLAFIELD

Sella
sellable
selle
seller
seller´s market
Sellers
Sellers screw thread
sellers´ market
selling
selling plate
selling point
selling price
selling race
selling rate
selling-plater
Sellotape

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELLAFIELD

afield
Caulfield
depth of field
electric field
Enfield
field
hold the field
home field
ice field
in the field
leave the field
left-field
magnetic field
midfield
play the field
playing field
Scofield
Sheffield
shield
Sutton Coldfield
vector field

Synonyms and antonyms of Sellafield in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Sellafield» into 25 languages

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سيلافيلد
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セラフィールド
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Sella Field
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Sellafield
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Sellafield
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Trends of use of Sellafield

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELLAFIELD»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Sellafield

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELLAFIELD»

Discover the use of Sellafield in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Sellafield and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Managing Risk Reduction at Sellafield: Nuclear ...
A report today by the National Audit Office highlights the considerable challenge faced by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in taking forward the clean-up of Sellafield, the UK's largest and most hazardous nuclear site.
Great Britain: National Audit Office, 2012
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House of Commons - Committee of Public Accounts: Progress at ...
5 Committee of Public Accounts; Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Managing risk at Sellafield, Twenty-fourth Report of Session 2012–13 9 2 Assurance of reported savings at Sellafield, National Audit Office, HC 778, Session 2013-14, ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts, 2014
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Climate Change, Ozone Depletion And Air Pollution: Legal ...
plutonium-210 was released into the atmosphere, and somewhere between a dozen and hundreds of people were killed as a result.6 Unfortunately, the accidents at Windscale/Sellafield have been ongoing since this period, and have  ...
Alexander Gillespie, 2006
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New Scientist
Sellafield: the nuclear legacy A statement based on probability is very different from one based on virtual certainty. We should remember this when discussing cancer and Sellafield Sir Douglas Black SIXTEEN months ago, the Yorkshire ...
5
New Scientist
Sellafield under suspended sentence The watchdog has barked, and may yet bite. Britain's nuclear inspectors have given Sellafield's management one year to prove it can run the plant safely Roger Milne and Fred Pearce SCIENCE Relaxing ...
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Encyclopedia of Environmental Science
Sellafield in the animals' diet. Some species of FUNGI also have been useful in removing excess selenium from soil. See also AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; SEWAGE. Sellafield, A NUCLEAR REACTOR situated on the northwest coast of ...
John F. Mongillo, Linda Zierdt-Warshaw, 2000
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Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing ...
Tyae of Eceocere Tyae of Dosimetry Outcomes Studied Number of Cases Sumcery of Recelts Precemed eraoceres from Sellafield Proximity to aad direction from Sellafield of mother's residece Stillbirths Ecateraal and iateraal dose from ...
Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Division on Earth and Life Studies, 2006
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Modelling Radioactivity in the Environment
According to the coupling modes described in Chapter 3, 'Coupling HD and transport models', the large scale and long term applications (e.g. 'The Sellafield discharge') were coupled in an off-line mode whereas the small or regional scale  ...
E.M. Scott, 2003
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New Scientist
SELLAFIELD'S disastrous run of mishaps, culminating in the setting up of a safety audit last week, has reopened the debate about whether Britain should be reprocessing spent fuel at all. Environmental groups are baying for blood and want to ...
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Radioactive Releases in the Environment: Impact and Assessment
The total annual dose to this critical group of about 250 (iSv is divided roughly equally between the contributions from Sellafield and the phosphate- rock- processing factory. The critical group for the Sellafield operations only was a group of ...
John R. Cooper, Keith Randle, Ranjeet S. Sokhi, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELLAFIELD»

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New £10bn Sellafield nuclear power plant set to create 21000 jobs
The site of a new £10billion power plant in Britain has been confirmed, creating up to 21,000 jobs. A deal to secure the land needed was completed to pave the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Sellafield construction workers vote for industrial action
Construction staff working at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria have voted to take industrial action in a row over health and safety, the Unite union has said. «BBC News, Apr 15»
3
Ultimate cost of Sellafield clean-up 'cannot be forecast'
The top official at the Energy Department has admitted to not having “general confidence” that the escalating cost of cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear facility can ... «The Independent, Mar 15»
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Sellafield clean-up costs rise to £53bn, says NAO
The cost of decommissioning and cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria has increased by £5bn to £53bn, says the National Audit Office. Margaret ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
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Sellafield firm loses £9bn clean-up contract
The government has stripped private consortium Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) of a £9bn contract to clean up the nuclear waste site at Sellafield. «BBC News, Jan 15»
6
AMEC awarded Sellafield contract
AMEC Chief Executive Samir Brikho said: "AMEC has successfully delivered complex projects at Sellafield for over 50 years, during which we have played a key ... «Manchester Evening News, Sep 14»
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Man dies while working at Sellafield nuclear plant
A spokesman for Sellafield said in a statement: “Sadly, we are able to confirm that a colleague working for one of the contracting companies at the Sellafield site ... «News & Star, Aug 14»
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Sellafield nuclear power station closer as Toshiba takes stake
Plans to build Europe's largest nuclear power station at Sellafield in Cumbria moved a step closer yesterday after Toshiba took a 60 per cent stake in the £10bn ... «This is Money, Jun 14»
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Sellafield nuclear site signs deal with Fukushima firm
The Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria has signed an agreement with the firm ... Sellafield said the deal with the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) would ... «BBC News, May 14»
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Nuclear waste at 'eroding' dump near Sellafield 'will be disrupted …
​A site on the Cumbrian coast where 1 million cubic meters of nuclear waste from all over the UK has been buried for the past 55 years has been declared a ... «RT, Apr 14»

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