UK’s ‘most dangerous’ nuclear site ‘hacked by groups tied to Russia and China’ in major security breach

THE UK’s most dangerous nuclear site has been targeted by hackers allegedly tied to Russia and China in a major security breach.

Sellafield, on the coast of Cumbria, houses a 140-ton plutonium stockpile and processes radioactive waste generated by the UK’s working reactors.

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The plant – previously known as Windscale and the site of a notorious disaster in 1957 – has been dubbed the “most hazardous place in Europe”.