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AN emergency exercise will take place at Sellafield.
This will occur on the evening of Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
This may involve the sounding of the site siren which can be heard off-site.
Access to and from the site will be as normal up until approximately 6.30pm on the evening of the exercise.
People who live close to Sellafield and have signed up to receive automated text, email, and telephone warnings from Sellafield, may be contacted.
Any contact will be made before 8.30pm. There will not be an ‘end of exercise’ notification as the exercise could conclude late into the evening.
Emergency exercises are held regularly at all nuclear-licensed sites to test their readiness in the event of an emergency.
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