Sellafield staff are currently undergoing site emergency exercises at the plant.

The exercise is designed to test the company's arrangements for dealing with accidents and emergencies on the site.

Everyone who is currently situated on the Sellafield site have been required to participate.

This is likely to involve mustering and, for some, may require taking part in ‘live-play’ drills and evacuation.

The aim of an exercise is to formally test that adequate arrangements are in place to deal with accidents and emergencies on the site.

The impact on normal site operations are being kept to a minimum.