Employer Details: Sellafield Ltd

About us
This is a new beginning for both of us. Already the country’s leading nuclear business we’ve got a new name, Sellafield Ltd, and a fresh sense of ambition that will see us become the most admired and respected nuclear facility in the world. In turn we’re giving you the opportunity to help make this happen. Responsible for the safe delivery of multi-million pound contracts on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the projects that we’re involved with are globally significant and demand some of the sharpest minds in the business. Naturally the career opportunities are just as impressive. But first, what do we actually do and where have we come from?

What we do
Forget what you think we do. The truth often comes as a real surprise. We’re actually playing a key environmental role, positively addressing the legacy of nuclear power both here and abroad. So, far from being part of ‘the problem’ (which can often be most people’s initial reaction to our name), we’re actually the solution. Our work, by its very nature, is complex. That’s what makes it so appealing. But, in simple terms, it can be divided into three key areas.

• Reprocessing and waste management – recycling ‘spent’ fuel rods we extract uranium and plutonium that can then be reused, the remaining material is safely stored.

• Decommissioning – overseeing the shut down and long term safety of plants that have reached the end of their productive lives.

• Transportation – transporting nuclear materials on behalf of a range of international clients.

History
Our history dates back to the birth of nuclear energy and the development of the world’s first commercial nuclear power station, Calder Hall in Sellafield, in 1956. In fact we’ve always been a pioneering company, that’s probably why we’re still leading the way today. Of course, over the years our focus has changed.

Primarily we’re now committed to safely managing the nuclear waste that’s already been generated (both here and abroad) but, over the years, we’ve been behind revolutions in reprocessing (in 1964 we opened the Magnox reprocessing plant), decommissioning (our work at Windscale started in 1988) and vitrification (in 1991 we began turning high level radioactive waste into glass). Ahead lie many more challenges, the chance to continue making history. We want you to be part of it.