Nuclear Information Centre.
Sound Reprocessing Plant (2022). (Duration 6m 42s)
NIC/NW/005
This audio exhibit is a reworking of a Sellafield Ltd video released by the company in July 2022 to mark the closure of its Magnox Fuel Reprocessing Plant after work was completed on the last and final shipment of spent fuel from the UK’s legacy Magnox nuclear power stations.
Like the Magnox and other types of spent nuclear fuel reprocessed at Sellafield over the years, the original audio recording accompanying this video has been broken up, electronically dissolved, and reassembled, with unused sections becoming audio waste.
This audio reprocessing could also be thought of as a form of audio redaction in taking existing recordings and obfuscating them sonically to present alternative aural experiences.
Now that nuclear fuel reprocessing has officially ceased in the UK, it could be argued this exhibit is primarily concerned with historical nuclear activities. However, even recycled or reprocessed fuel ultimately becomes long-term radioactive waste so our nuclear legacies are also very much of the present and future.
Information last updated: Thu 20 Jun 2024
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