RADIOLOGICAL contamination was found on the shoes of two people working in a controlled area of Sellafield, the site has confirmed.

The incident occurred on the weekend of November 25 and 26. 

Monitoring further identified further contamination in the surrounding controlled area.

Reassurance has been issued that there were no impacts to the public.

A spokesperson said: "During routine monitoring, low levels of radiological contamination was found on the shoes of two people working in a contamination-controlled area of the Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant on the Sellafield site.

"Additional reassurance monitoring by our health physics team identified further contamination in the surrounding controlled area.

"Access to the area was restricted and immediately decontaminated. A management investigation is underway into the cause of the contamination.

"There are no impacts to the public or the environment."

Sellafield has been making headlines this week following the publication of the Guardian newspaper's Nuclear Leaks report, which has alleged that there is an ongoing leak at the site, which has been confirmed by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR).

The site was also forced to deny this week that it has been the target of successful cyber attacks by groups linked to authoritarian regimes.