Sizewell

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Coordinates: 52°12′49″N, 1°37′06″E

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.

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.

Contents 1 Nuclear Reactors 1.1 Sizewell A 1.2 Sizewell B 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Sizewell A

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.

[edit] Sizewell B

See Sizewell B

[edit] See also

• List of nuclear reactors
• Nuclear power in the United Kingdom
• Energy policy of the United Kingdom
• Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom

[edit] 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