Bradwell power station decommissioning process reaches 'milestone'

One of the UK's earliest nuclear power stations has entered a "safe state".

The decommissioned site at Bradwell, Essex, is the first in the country to enter care and maintenance (C&M) status.

It is a major milestone in the clearance of the 60-year-old site, which stopped operating in 2002.

Richard Harrington, the minister for nuclear power, said the news marked a "welcome chapter" in Bradwell's "environmental clean-up journey".