Sizewell nuclear power plant

Sizewell nuclear power plant
Sizewell A and B
location
Coordinates	52 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 37 ′ 10 ″  E Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 37 ′ 10 ″  E
Country:	United Kingdom
Data
Owner:	Sizewell A: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Sizewell B: British Energy
Operator:	Sizewell A: Magnox Electric Limited, Sizewell B: British Energy
Project start:	1960
Commercial operation:	March 25, 1966
Active reactors (gross):	1 (1250 MW)
Decommissioned reactors (gross):	2 (490 MW)
Energy fed in since commissioning:	186,599 GWh
Website:	Operator's homepage for Sizewell B
Was standing:	May 28, 2010
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The Sizewell nuclear power plant is located near the fishing village of Sizewell in County Suffolk in England and consists of the two plants Sizewell A and Sizewell B.

Sizewell A

The Sizewell A plant consists of two Magnox reactors with a total installed capacity of 420  MW . The thermal output is 1000 MW. The first network synchronization took place for both blocks in 1966.

Both reactors were shut down at the end of 2006 after 40 years of operation for economic reasons. The dismantling will cost an estimated £ 1.2 billion.

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  Sizewell nuclear power plant

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  Sizewell A

Sizewell B

Sizewell B is the only pressurized water reactor in the UK. It was built between 1988 and 1995 and was projected for a net output of 1188 MW. In 2005, the thermal output increased by 1% to 3479 MWt and thus an increase in the net output to 1195 MWe, although this depends on the seawater temperature.

This block is to be shut down in 2035 .

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  Sizewell B

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  Sizewell B reactor building

Sizewell C

Since the sale of British Energy to Électricité de France (EDF) in February 2009, there have been more concrete plans for a new power plant with two reactors in Sizewell. There is already an agreement on site for the grid connection for a new nuclear power plant. The planned term is 60 years. The government then estimated that the two 1,600 MW reactors, together with the planned units at Hinkley Point , would provide around 13% of the UK's electricity needs. EDF planned to use Areva's EPR design for all new nuclear power plants in the UK. Similar power plants are currently being built in Finland , France and China .

On October 18, 2010, the British government named Sizewell one of eight suitable locations for new nuclear power plants.

The operator Électricité de France and the Chinese company CGN signed contracts for the development of Sizewell C in September 2016. The construction was officially applied for in May 2020.

Data of the reactor blocks

The Sizewell nuclear power plant has a total of three blocks :

Reactor block	Reactor type	net power	gross power	start of building	Network synchronization	Commercial operation	Shutdown
Sizewell-A1	Magnox reactor	210 MW	245 MW	04/01/1961	01/21/1966	03/25/1966	December 31, 2006
Sizewell-A2	Magnox reactor	210 MW	245 MW	04/01/1961	04/09/1966	09/15/1966	December 31, 2006
Sizewell-B	Pressurized water reactor	1195 MW	1250 MW	07/18/1988	02/14/1995	09/22/1995	( Planned for 2035 )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sizewell C Public Consultation Launch
2. ^ Ipswichstar: Deals to develop Sizewell C signed between EDF and Chinese company CGN from September 29, 2017
3. ↑ Sizewell C submits planning application. Retrieved on May 29, 2020 (English). 
4. ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "United Kingdom: Nuclear Power Reactors" (English)

Web links

Commons : Sizewell Nuclear Power Plant  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Plague: Sizewell (Great Britain)
• Sizewell A
  • Magnox Limited , operator
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority , owner
• Sizewell C
  • EDF Energy - Sizewell Website (English)
  • Suffolk Coastal District Council (English)