Magnox Reprocessing Plant

<p>The <a href="/facts/Magnox/mo74zDme">Magnox</a> Reprocessing Plant is a former <a href="/facts/Nuclear_reprocessing/aTMUoYaW">nuclear reprocessing</a> facility at <a href="/facts/Sellafield/Qc64QS8B">Sellafield</a> in northern England, which operated from 1964 to 2022. The plant used <a href="/facts/PUREX/b4YP5sqt">PUREX</a> chemistry (based on <a href="/facts/Tributyl_phosphate/lze1seSK">tributyl phosphate</a> (TBP)) to extract <a href="/facts/Plutonium/4bUw9zH3">plutonium</a> and <a href="/facts/Uranium/n2sGWBzU">uranium</a> from <a href="/facts/Used_nuclear_fuel/jWDWvJ6d">used nuclear fuel</a> originating primarily from Magnox reactors. The plant was originally constructed and operated by the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom_Atomic_Energy_Authority/2pW1nh16">United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority</a> (UKAEA), but in 1971 control was transferred to <a href="/facts/British_Nuclear_Fuels_Limited/MlHAQFhA">British Nuclear Fuels Limited</a> (BNFL). From 2005 the plant was operated by Sellafield Ltd.
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Magnox Reprocessing Plant