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Sellafield Emergency Exercise – Wednesday 27 November 2019

An emergency exercise will be taking place at the Sellafield site.

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A map of the local area surrounding the Sellafield site

The exercise may involve the sounding of the site siren and the use of pyrotechnics. The sound from these exercise activities may be heard off-site.

Local residents who have registered to receive automated SMS text, email and telephone warnings from Sellafield, may be contacted.

If you are a local resident and haven’t yet signed up to receive automated alerts, but would like to, follow the instructions below:

Sellafield Warning and Informing Service

Emergency exercises are held regularly at all nuclear licensed sites to test their readiness in the event of an emergency.

If you require any further information contact:

Public/stakeholder queries - Tel: 07764 880100 / 019467 85802 Media queries - Tel: 07590 493749 / 019467 86227

Published 26 November 2019