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About 1,100 contractors have walked out at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria in a dispute over working conditions. The workers, including scaffolders, electricians and mechanics, stopped work after a mass meeting earlier. The contractors, who are members of the Unite union, are angry at the condition of some changing room facilities, the BBC understands. A spokesman for the site said security and operations were unaffected.
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