The World's Most Radioactive Places

Sellafield Power Plant | Sellafield, UK

Built in the late 1940s to manufacture plutonium for atomic bombs, Sellafield is one of the most radioactive places on earth. In its prime the plant was releasing eight million litres of contaminated waste into the sea every day. In 1957 the plant became the site of the worst nuclear accident in Great Britain's history, The Windscale Fire. This was a blaze that raged for three days, releasing radioactive gases into the air. It has been linked to 240 cases of cancer.