Springfields is a licensed nuclear site near Preston and has provided nuclear fuel fabrication services since the mid-1940s.
In 2005, responsibility for the assets and liabilities of the site transferred to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). A new company, Springfields Fuels Ltd, was created to run the site, managed and operated by Westinghouse Electric UK Ltd on the NDA’s behalf. Subsequently, Westinghouse acquired a long term lease for the Springfields site, which transferred responsibility for the commercial fuel manufacturing business and Springfields Fuels Ltd to Westinghouse. In 2023 Cameco and Brookfield Renewable acquired Westinghouse Electric Company.
The site’s activities include the manufacture of oxide fuels for Advanced Gas-cooled and Light Water Reactors, as well as intermediate fuel products, such as powders, granules and pellets, uranium recovery services and the decommissioning and demolition of redundant plants and buildings.
Springfields is a COMAH registered site and is required to comply with the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations 2015. As part of our regulatory work on site, our inspectors carry out COMAH inspections to ensure the site is compliant with the regulations.
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