"Sellafield" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sellafield
  1. A former village in Beckermet parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough, now the site of a nuclear reprocessing plant, formerly known as Windscale (OS grid ref NY0203). Categories (place): Places in Cumbria, England, Places in England
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