Nuclear Power again at Bradwell

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From the sound of today's annoucement about nuclear power, I think its a forgone conclusion that we'll have a new station at Bradwell

"New nuclear plants get go-ahead

A new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK has been given formal backing by the government. Business Secretary John Hutton told MPs they would give a "safe and affordable" way of securing the UK's future energy supplies while fighting climate change.

He said any plants would be built at or near existing reactors by private firms and said he hoped the first one would be completed "well before 2020". "

Anybody want my nice house on Mersea please?
 
It's likely they will build at the sites that have B stations as some of those had already been earmarked for C station.

Bradwell only has an A station i.e the old Magnox type as far as I know they are all going back to greenfield sitesm ASAP.

So the house could be worth a fortune. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
As to 'big' sites, don't forget there is the derelict aerodrome right next door - presumably land owned by the government? So there may be plenty of room

They clearly can't build on top of the existing site because, its not clear yet and can't be for years and years but there are a lot of people here but there's only one farm next door.
 
Whilst I share the concern - if I cast off my NIMBY hat - I've sailed from Marconi (just opposite Osea) for the last 35 years plus - it's only been in the last few years that the station hasn't been running.

I've capsized in the river and swum in ti coutless times as a child - and so have my kids - we've never grown anything weird. It's a big assumption but I'm guessing that they're better at building these things than they were in the 1950s and a new one will be even safer...so I'm not sure we have a leg to stand on (from an entirely metaphorical and non mutant perspective :-))

Still - let's hope we get an even bigger landmark to light our way back into the river - every cloud has a silver lining

Simon
 
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As to 'big' sites, don't forget there is the derelict aerodrome right next door - presumably land owned by the government?

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Probably not as most if not all derelict wartime airfields had been requisitioned, and were returned to the original landowners after the war, certainly true of all the ones I knew in Essex where I grew up.
 
Hi, we lived on the saltings at Tollesbury over 40 years ago. When the wind was blowing across the estuary from Bradwell side, the constant hum from the power station was very menacing, let alone thinking of any fall out that may damage your health.
 
I agree, one a still night here, the sound of the whine was loud and intrusive. I don't find the idea of the years of building works too attractive an idea but the word here is that the Bradwell residents are keen for it to happen there - probably just rumour. Still, I do think we have to build nuclear, I don't think there's any alternative and I suppose it's wrong to be NIMBY
 
It's often forgotten what effect the building of Bradwell power station had on reviving the local economy.It afforded much employment and improvements to infrastructure. The Southminster railway line would probably have closed otherwise for instance.
Several family members worked there, mainly in Health Physics.
Father in law became fanatical about radiation as a result of his training at Bradwell, and he had a long list of things to be avoided.
I can't remember all, but some were :~
Luminous paint, walnuts, Tilley lamp mantles, foggy mornings, granite. He once made me remove a Sestrel compass from the house because of it's tritium capsule. He had a very bad opinion of hospitals because of their casual approach to radiation.
He reckoned the safest place to be was in Bradwell because of all the monitoring done.
I'd prefer a nuke at Bradwell to a coal station anyday.
Also, we get a lovely big water heater to warm the Blackwater.
 
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