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2002 Ceased operation. During its lifetime the station generated nearly 60 TWh of electricity. | 2002 Ceased operation. During its lifetime the station generated nearly 60 TWh of electricity. | ||
Turbine generators supplied by [[C. A. Parsons]]. | |||
The site is following an accelerated decommissioning programme and is now more than halfway through a programme of work which should see it become the first reactor site in the UK to enter Care & Maintenance in 2015. | The site is following an accelerated decommissioning programme and is now more than halfway through a programme of work which should see it become the first reactor site in the UK to enter Care & Maintenance in 2015. | ||
Revision as of 17:38, 29 May 2018
Bradwell is close to the Essex coastline.
1962 Electricity generation started
2002 Ceased operation. During its lifetime the station generated nearly 60 TWh of electricity.
Turbine generators supplied by C. A. Parsons.
The site is following an accelerated decommissioning programme and is now more than halfway through a programme of work which should see it become the first reactor site in the UK to enter Care & Maintenance in 2015.
See Also
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- Available from archive: Bradwell Nuclear Generating Station, Summary of Technical Data, July, 1961.
Sources of Information
- Magnox [1]