Bradwell Nuclear Power Station
The Essex Magnox that went into early care and maintenance. Bradwell Nuclear Power Station is a 246 MW nuclear power station in Essex, England, operated by NDA / NRS.
- Essex
- England
- Commissioned 1962
- Closed 2002
- Planning (completed)
- Consented (completed)
- Construction (completed)
- Operating1962 (completed)
- Closed2002 (current stage)
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 246 MW
- Status
- Decommissioned
- Technology
- Nuclear
- Operator
- NDA / NRS
- Region
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Coordinates
- 51.7397, 0.8956
- Commissioned
- 1962
- Closed
- 2002
- Reactors
- 2
- Reactor type
- Magnox
- Operating years
- 40
Location
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How Bradwell Nuclear Power Station compares
Nuclear power stations use heat from nuclear fission to raise steam for turbines. UK designs include Magnox and advanced gas-cooled reactors (AGR) and the pressurised water reactor (PWR) at Sizewell B.
All nuclear power stations Power stations in EssexAbout Bradwell Nuclear Power Station
Bradwell on the Essex coast ran two Magnox reactors from 1962 to 2002. It reached the "care and maintenance" stage of decommissioning in 2018 β earlier than any other Magnox site.
History
Opened in 1962, Bradwell generated for 40 years. When it closed in 2002 it began an accelerated decommissioning programme. In June 2018 it became the first UK Magnox station to reach the care and maintenance phase, where the reactor buildings are sealed and left to allow radioactivity to decay for ~80 years before final demolition.
The site today
Reached care and maintenance in 2018. The site had been earmarked for Bradwell B β two Chinese-designed Hualong One reactors β but that project's future is highly uncertain after UKβChina relations cooled.
Did you know?
- First UK Magnox station to reach care and maintenance (2018)
- Site earmarked for new Bradwell B reactors (uncertain)
- Sits on the Dengie Peninsula near Maldon
Nearby power stations
- Bradwell Β· 20.5 MW onshore wind farm6.1 km
- Middlewick Β· 20.7 MW onshore wind farm8.5 km
- Turncole Wind Farm (GB) Β· 17.5 MW onshore wind farm11.9 km
- Burnham Wick Β· 5 MW solar farm13.0 km
- Birch Estate Β· 5 MW solar farm13.1 km
- Bluegates Β· 10.7 MW solar farm15.4 km
- Chisbon Β· 12.3 MW solar farm16.0 km
- Earls Hall Farm Β· 10.3 MW onshore wind farm16.7 km
Also operated by NDA / NRS
NDA / NRS operates 13 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Hinkley Point B Β· nuclear power station1,220 MW
- Dungeness B Β· nuclear power station1,040 MW
- Wylfa Nuclear Power Station Β· nuclear power station980 MW
- Hunterston B Β· nuclear power station980 MW
- Hinkley Point A Β· nuclear power station470 MW
- Dungeness A Β· nuclear power station450 MW
- Oldbury Nuclear Power Station Β· nuclear power station434 MW
- Sizewell A Β· nuclear power station420 MW
Source
Bradwell Nuclear Power Station.
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