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{{for|the British folk/pop group featuring [[Dusty Springfield]]|The Springfields}}
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| name = Springfields
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| built = 1940 (as munitions factory); 1946 (as nuclear fuels facility)
| ___location = [[Salwick]], [[Lancashire]], England
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| industry = [[Nuclear fuel]]
| products = [[Nuclear fuel#Oxide fuel|oxide fuels]]; [[uranium hexafluoride]]
| employees = 1,700 (in 2002)<ref name=Themanufacturer>{{cite web|title=The Manufacturer|url=http://damis.venus.co.uk/uk/profile/459/BNFL_UK_Fuel_Business|work=
BNFL UK Fuel Business, Heart of the furnace|accessdate=16 December 2011}}</ref>
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| address = Springfields Fuels Limited, Westinghouse, Springfields, Salwick, Preston PR4 0XJ
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'''Springfields''' is a [[nuclear fuel|nuclear fuel production installation]] in [[Salwick]], near [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] in [[Lancashire]], [[England]] ({{gbmapping|SD468315}}). The site is currently operated by Springfields Fuels Limited, under the management of [[Westinghouse Electric Company|Westinghouse Electric UK Limited]], on a 150-year lease from the [[Nuclear Decommissioning Authority]].<ref name=independent-20170330>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/westinghouse-bankruptcy-is-the-future-of-uk-nuclear-power-in-uk-doubt-toshiba-a7658001.html |title=Westinghouse bankruptcy: Is the future of nuclear power in the UK in doubt? |first=Ben |last=Chapman |newspaper=The Independent |date=30 March 2017 |accessdate=31 March 2017}}</ref> Since its conversion from a [[munitions]] factory in 1946, it has previously been operated and managed by a number of different organisations including the [[United Kingdom 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|
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