Prince Philip visits Sellafield

Prince Philip with Shirley Fawcett, Head of public affairs at Sellafield Ltd and the founding and current chairperson of West Cumbria Domestic Violence Support and Sellafield Ltd employee Mike Park, a volunteer with Cockermouth Mountain rescue Credit: Sellafield Ltd

The Duke of Edinburgh visited Sellafield today, to see the size and scale of the clean-up challenge facing workers at the nuclear plant.

Prince Philip met with a range of workers on site including those who play vital voluntary roles in emergency services and flood recovery.

This was Prince Philip's third visit to Sellafield, having previously visited Windscale and Calder Hall in 1955, and opening the Sellafield Visitors Centre in 1988.

The Duke was accompanied on the visit by the Lord Lieutenant for Cumbria, Claire Hensman, and nuclear bosses from Sellafield and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Phil Hallington, Head of Policy at Sellafield Ltd, had the special honour of taking the Duke on a guided tour of the site:

Prince Philip signed the same visitors book as he did in 1955. Credit: Sellafield Ltd