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Bradwell

Author	Nuclear Electric
Date	July 1991
Classification	2.05.9.90/09 (UNITED KINGDOM - OTHER FACILITIES)
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Welcome to Bradwell power station, one of Nuclear Electric's 12 operating 
generating plants which play a vital role in helping to provide England and Wales
with electricity safely, cleanly and efficiently.
Situated on the Blackwater estuary, one-and-a-half miles from Bradwell-on-Sea, 
Bradwell is one of Nuclear Electric's seven Magnox reactor sites.
On a typical day the station's two reactors can supply 6.125 million kilowatt hours 
of electricity- enough to meet the needs of three towns the size Chelmsford,
Colchester and Southend.
Bradwell's 10 hectare (24 acre) site was chosen because of:

• An unlimited supply of cooling water from the Blackwater estuary - the station 
uses up to 227 million litres an hour.
• The land which had minimal agricultural value.
• The area which has good access and spent nuclear fuel can be transported easily 
to Sellafield in Cumbria.
• The stable geological substrata which is capable of supporting very heavy plant.

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