Third and final shipment of vitrified waste from the UK to Germany completed
The third and final shipment of high-level waste (HLW) in the form of vitrified residues has been safely delivered to Germany.
Seven flasks containing high level waste were transported from the Sellafield site to the port of Barrow-in-Furness by rail.
The flasks were then loaded on to the specialist nuclear transport vessel Pacific Grebe, operated by Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) for transfer to the German port.
The waste was then transported by road in Germany to the Brokdorf federal storage facility arriving on 18 June 2026.
This shipment was carried out in full compliance with all appropriate national and international regulations.
The waste returned resulted from the reprocessing and recycling of spent nuclear fuel at Sellafield which had previously been used to produce electricity by utilities in Germany.
Vitrified Residue Returns (VRR) are a key component of the UK’s strategy to repatriate high level waste from the Sellafield site, fulfil overseas contracts and deliver on Government policy.
