Sizewell, Suffolk - England, U.K.
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GeoRams
N 52° 12.926 E 001° 37.355
31U E 405896 N 5785893
The village of Sizewell is overshadowed by two separate nuclear power stations, Sizewell A and Sizewell B, which are readily visible from the nearby holiday beaches.
Waymark Code: WMR8R
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/24/2006
Views: 228
Sizewell A nuclear power station was built in the 1960s and started generation in 1966. It consists of two 1000 MWt Magnox reactors, producing a total electrical power output of 420 MWe. The power station is due to start the decommissioning process in 2007, after shutdown in 2006. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is responsible for placing contracts for the decommissioning of Sizewell A, at a budgeted cost of £1.2 billion.
The Sizewell B nuclear reactor is the UK's only large pressurised water reactor (PWR), and was built between 1988 and 1995. It outputs 1188 MWe, or a total of 8.7 TWh in the year of 2005. It is expected to be decommissioned around 2035.