Sellafield

English Proper noun en former village par/Beckermet carea/Cumberland co/Cumbria cc/England previously in bor/Copeland, now the site of a nuclear reprocessing plant, formerly known as Windscale OS grid ref NY0203. en 2022 November 2 Paul Bigland New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery RAIL 969 57 One can't escape the huge nuclear facility at Sellafield (supplier of much of the line's remaining freight traffic), or miss the wild shingle beaches with exposed and precarious bungalows sandwiched between the railway and the shore at Braystones.