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NON-ESSENTIAL staff at the Sellafield nuclear site have been told to stay at home due to high radiation levels.
WARNING: Non-essential workers have been told to
stay away from the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria due to high
radiation levels
The cause of the unusually high reading at the Cumbria site is currently being investigated.
In a statement the UK's largest nuclear site said: "As a result of a conservative and prudent decision, the Sellafield site is operating normally but with reduced manning levels today.
"Essential workers only are being asked to report for work.
"Levels of radioactivity detected are above naturally occurring radiation but well below that which would call for any actions to be taken by the workforce on or off the site.
"The site is at normal status and employees and operational plants are continuing to operate as investigations continue.
"All our facilities have positively confirmed there are no abnormal conditions and are operating normally."
Sellafield is home to enough radioactive waste to fill 27 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
In 2012 a report claimed some facilities at the site had "deteriorated so much that their contents pose significant risks to people and the environment".
WARNING: Non-essential workers have been told to
stay away from the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria due to high
radiation levels In a statement the UK's largest nuclear site said: "As a result of a conservative and prudent decision, the Sellafield site is operating normally but with reduced manning levels today.
"Essential workers only are being asked to report for work.
"Levels of radioactivity detected are above naturally occurring radiation but well below that which would call for any actions to be taken by the workforce on or off the site.
"The site is at normal status and employees and operational plants are continuing to operate as investigations continue.
"All our facilities have positively confirmed there are no abnormal conditions and are operating normally."
Sellafield is home to enough radioactive waste to fill 27 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
In 2012 a report claimed some facilities at the site had "deteriorated so much that their contents pose significant risks to people and the environment".
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