Bradwell nuclear power station
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 Location of Bradwell nuclear power station in Essex
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| Country | England |
| Location | Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex |
| Coordinates | 51°44′29″N 0°53′49″E / 51.74139°N 0.89694°ECoordinates: 51°44′29″N 0°53′49″E / 51.74139°N 0.89694°E |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Construction began | 1957 |
| Commission date | 1962 |
| Decommission date | 2002 |
| Owner(s) | Nuclear Decommissioning Authority |
| Operator(s) | Magnox Ltd |
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| Reactor type | Magnox |
| Reactor supplier | The Nuclear Power Group (TNPG) |
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| Units operational | Parsons |
| Units decommissioned | 2 reactors 242 MW |
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Bradwell nuclear power station is a partially decommissioned Magnox power station located on the Dengie peninsula at the mouth of the River Blackwater, Essex.
As of 2016, China General Nuclear Power Group and China National Nuclear Corporation are considering Bradwell for the site of a new nuclear power station.
Construction of the power station, which was undertaken by a consortium involving Clarke Chapman, Head Wrightson, C. A. Parsons & Co., A. Reyrolle & Co., Strachan & Henshaw and Whessoe and known as the Nuclear Power Plant Company (NPPC), began in December 1957, and electricity generation started in 1962. It had two Magnox reactors with a design output of 300 MW of net electrical output, although this was reduced to 242 MW net electrical in total as a result of the discovery of breakaway oxidation of mild-steel components inside the reactor vessel. Its peak output, achieved in the early 1960s, was nearly 10% above the design value. On a typical day it could supply enough electricity to meet the needs of three towns the size of Chelmsford, Colchester and Southend put together. It is the closest power station to Southend. The reactors were supplied by The Nuclear Power Group (TNPG), and the 9 turbines and 12 gas circulators by C. A. Parsons & Co. (6 of 52 MW main turbines supplying power to the grid, 3 of 22.5 MW auxiliaries turbines, one for each reactor for driving the gas circulators, with one standby auxiliary turbine).
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