{"id":96823,"date":"2018-10-23T10:24:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T10:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1f5c776be05d3a63573819d7e924ce97"},"modified":"2018-10-23T10:24:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T10:24:07","slug":"news-story-sellafield-plant-to-be-celebrated-in-new-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=96823","title":{"rendered":"News story: Sellafield plant to be celebrated in new exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>It will celebrate the plant\u2019s immense contribution to the global nuclear industry.<\/p>\n<p>Running at the Beacon Museum, Whitehaven, from 16 November, it features works by artists from the UK and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Thorp began operations in 1994. It reprocessed (or recycled) spent nuclear fuel from 34 plants around the world.It is one of only two commercial <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/nda.blog.gov.uk\/2018\/10\/23\/what-is-reprocessing\/\">reprocessing<\/a> sites in existence.<\/p>\n<p>Its switch-off next month is a key step in the transformation of Sellafield Ltd from nuclear operator to environmental restoration business.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/80353\/THORP_website.jpg\" alt=\"Thorp has reprocessed spent nuclear fuel from 34 plants around the world.\"><\/div><figcaption>Thorp has reprocessed spent nuclear fuel from 34 plants around the world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The exhibition features sculptures, relief printing, collages, textural canvases, paintings, and sketches.<\/p>\n<p>Each piece has been individually commissioned to convey a moment in the life of the plant.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Reed, Sellafield Ltd\u2019s head of development and community relations, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The end of reprocessing at Thorp is one of the most important events in Sellafield\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>After the closure of Calder Hall, it\u2019s the biggest change to our site in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>The plant has made a huge contribution to west Cumbria in terms of jobs, skills, pride, and prestige.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The Art of Reprocessing will celebrate its unique achievements and the people who made it possible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hollie Morton-O\u2019fee, an art and design student at Egremont\u2019s West Lakes Academy sixth has created a lab coat textile piece for the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwanese-born illustrator Chiyun Yeh, who lives in Tokyo, has used her work to explore the relationship between the UK and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The Art of Reprocessing opens with a VIP preview event on Friday, 16 November.<\/p>\n<p>It will be open to the public from Saturday, 17 November to early January 2019.  A smaller version of the exhibition will stay open until March 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Copeland residents can visit for free with the Copeland Pass. To register, take proof of residence to the Beacon admissions desk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Art of Reprocessing will mark the end of nuclear fuel reprocessing at Sellafield\u2019s Thorp plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}