Sellafield

Owners EDF Energy said all spent fuel from Hunterston had now been transported by train to Sellafield in Cumbria for long-term storage.

Cumbria Police's armed officers were rapidly scrambled, assisted by firearms officers from the nearby top security Sellafield nuclear site, as well as neighbouring forces.

Windscale was eventually renamed Sellafield and produced nuclear power until 2003.

Oliver Hodgson, 21, can see Sellafield from his bedroom window.

The government says it will dispose of its 140 tonnes of radioactive plutonium - currently stored at a secure facility at Sellafield in Cumbria.