England's Historic Seascapes: Southwold to Clacton
Oxford Archaeology (South), 2007. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000277. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000277
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England's Historic Seascapes:
Southwold to Clacton
ALSF Project Number 4729
Oxford Archaeology, 2007
Southwold Area
Sizewell Power Station
The Southwold character area includes two nuclear power stations, Sizewell A and Sizewell B. Sizewell A was built in the early 1960s and became fully operational in 1966. It was one of eleven Magnox power stations built in the UK and produced a total electrical power output of 420 MWe - enough to serve the energy needs of a third of East Anglia. The station is due to start the 100 year-long decommissioning process in 2007 at a budgeted cost of £1.2 billion, after it shutdown at the end of 2006. Sizewell B, with its distinctive white dome, is the only large pressurised water reactor in the UK. It was constructed between 1988 and 1995 and produced approximately one third of the UK's electricity.
