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Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site

Nothing is produced at Sellafield any more. But making safe what is left behind is an almost unimaginably expensive and complex task that requires us to think not on a human timescale, but a planetary one. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  Baghdad memories: what the first few months of the US occupation felt like…

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  Dinner with Proust: how Alzheimer’s caregivers are pulled into their patie…

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  From the archive: How the MoD’s plan to privatise military housing ended i…

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  ‘One billionaire at a time’: inside the Swiss clinics where the super-rich…

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  From the archive: The real David Attenborough

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  No coach, no agent, no ego: the incredible story of the ‘Lionel Messi of c…

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  From the archive: Fifty shades of white: the long fight against racism in …

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  Portrait of a killer: art class in one of Mexico’s most notorious prisons

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  From the archive: Welcome to the land that no country wants

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  Can a mass shooter demand a good death? The strange case that tested the l…

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  From the archive: Snow machines and fleece blankets: inside the ski indust…

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  Battle of the botanic garden: the horticulture war roiling the Isle of Wig…

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  From the archive: Can the greatest darts player of all time step away from…

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  A tragedy pushed to the shadows: the truth about China’s Cultural Revoluti…

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  From the archive: Where oil rigs go to die

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