The Fuel Handling Plant

The Fuel Handling Plant (FHP) plays a vital role in keeping homes and businesses across the UK powered. By safely receiving, storing and processing nuclear fuel from the fleet of reactors operated by EDF, the facility makes sure those reactors can keep running, generating low carbon electricity and supporting national energy security.

It is a key part of the country’s nuclear infrastructure, and has supported nuclear energy generation in the UK for 4 decades, and it continues to do so today.

What is the Fuel Handling Plant

The Fuel Handling Plant (FHP) was built in the late 1970s and officially opened in 1985. It was the first facility at Sellafield to have a roof over its fuel ponds, helping protect the pond and it’s contents from the coastal environment and improving the way fuel is s