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'''Springfields''' is a [[nuclear fuel|nuclear fuel production installation]] in [[Salwick]], near [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] in [[Lancashire]], [[England]]. The site is currently run and operated by Springfields Fuels Limited, under the management of [[Westinghouse Electric Company|Westinghouse Electric UK Limited]], although since its conversion from a [[munitions]] factory in 1946 it has been operated and managed by a number of different organisations including the UK [[United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority|Atomic Energy Authority]] and [[British Nuclear Fuels]].<ref name=westinghouse>{{cite web|title=Westinghouse|url=http://www.nuclearsites.co.uk/page.php?pageID=85|work=Westinghouse website on nuclear sites|accessdate=16 December 2011}}</ref> Fuel products are produced for the [[Nuclear_power_in_the_United_Kingdom#Power_stations|UK’s nuclear power stations]] and for international customers.

==Activities on the site==

The site has been making [[nuclear fuel|nuclear fuels]] since the mid-1940s. The site is notable for being the first nuclear plant in the world to produce fuel for a commercial power station connected to the national grid ([[Sellafield#Calder_Hall_nuclear_power_station|Calder Hall]]).<ref name=westinghouse>{{cite web|title=Westinghouse|url=http://www.nuclearsites.co.uk/page.php?pageID=85|work=Westinghouse website on nuclear sites|accessdate=16 December 2011}}</ref>

The four main activities currently carried out on the site are:

*Production of oxide fuels for [[Advanced gas-cooled reactor|advanced gas-cooled]] and [[Light water reactor|light water reactors]], as well as intermediate fuel products ([[uranium dioxide]] powders, granules, and pellets)

*Production of [[uranium hexafluoride]], or "hex"