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View of Sizewell from the south

Sizewell is a small fishing village with a few holiday homes in the county of Suffolk, England. It is located on the East Anglian coast just north of the larger holiday villages of Thorpeness and Aldeburgh, and two miles from the town of Leiston. A view to the Sizewell A & B nuclear power stations along the beach near Thorpness, looking north. ... A view to the Sizewell A & B nuclear power stations along the beach near Thorpness, looking north. ... Suffolk (pronounced SUF-fk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... Thorpeness is a village in the county of Suffolk, England. ... Map sources for Aldeburgh at grid reference TM4656 Aldeburgh is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England; it is located on the Alde river at 52° North, 1° East 1. ... Map sources for Leiston at grid reference TM4462 Leiston is a town in East Suffolk county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom, near Saxmundham and Aldeburgh, about 2½ miles from the seacoast. ...

The village was part of the Ogilvie estate, which extended as far south as Aldeburgh. Sizewell Hall, now used as a Christian conference centre, is still owned by the Ogilvie family. An Estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion. ... Map sources for Aldeburgh at grid reference TM4656 Aldeburgh is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England; it is located on the Alde river at 52° North, 1° East 1. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth, referred to as Christ. ...

Nuclear Reactors

The village itself is overshadowed by two separate nuclear power stations, Sizewell A and Sizewell B, which are readily visible from the nearby holiday beaches. A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. ...

Sizewell A

Sizewell A nuclear power station

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 at the end of 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. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2784x1572, 428 KB) Taken by John Brodrick of the greenhousetrust [1]. Author gives permission to release under GFDL. File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Magnox Sizewell Metadata... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2784x1572, 428 KB) Taken by John Brodrick of the greenhousetrust [1]. Author gives permission to release under GFDL. File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Magnox Sizewell Metadata... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... MWe and MWt are units for measuring the output of a power plant. ... Magnox is an obsolesent type of nuclear power reactor; When operated on a short fuel cycle (which is uneconomic) they can also produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. ... MWe and MWt are units for measuring the output of a power plant. ... The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is a public body of the United Kingdom formed by the Energy Act, 2004. ... ISO 4217 Code GBP User(s) United Kingdom Inflation 2. ...

Sizewell B

Sizewell B nuclear power station

The Sizewell B nuclear reactor is the UK's only large pressurised water reactor (PWR), and was built between 1988 and 1995. Its original rating was for an output of 1188 MWe, equivalent to 8.7 TWh in the year of 2005. It was uprated by 1% in 2005 with a thermal power of 3479MW and an electrical output of 1195 MWe, though this is dependent on sea-water temperature. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2732x1348, 250 KB) Taken by John Brodrick of the greenhousetrust [1]. Author gives permission to release under GFDL. File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sizewell Metadata This... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2732x1348, 250 KB) Taken by John Brodrick of the greenhousetrust [1]. Author gives permission to release under GFDL. File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sizewell Metadata This... Core of a small nuclear reactor used for research. ... A pressurized water reactor (PWR) is a type of nuclear power reactor that uses ordinary (light) water for both coolant and for neutron moderator. ...

In the first ten years of Sizewell B's operation, producing 3% of the UK's electricity, it avoided the release of around 60 million tonnes of greenhouse gases that would otherwise have been released by fossil fuel generation. However the cost of generating power is 6p/kWh [1], which is about twice the economic cost for a base load power station. Greenhouse gases are gaseous components of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect. ... Coal rail cars in Ashtabula, Ohio Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons formed from the remains of dead plants and animals. ... The kilowatt-hour (symbol: kW·h) is a unit for measuring energy. ... A base load power plant is one that provides a steady flow of power regardless of total power demand by the grid. ...

As with many other PWRs, Sizewell 'B' operates on an 18-month operating Cycle i.e. at or near 100% output continuously for around 17 months, followed by a month's shutdown for maintenance and refuelling.

Sizewell B was designed for a commercial life of 40 years - i.e. to around 2035 - but similar stations elsewhere have been granted extensions to 60 years.

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External links

• Sizewell A - Overview of NDA's Draft Strategy
• British Nuclear Group, Sizewell A
• British Energy website, Sizewell B
• Sizewell Hall
• IAEA power station performance data: Sizewell A1, Sizewell A2, Sizewell B