Sizewell B

[M_S_Dean]

Took the family for a tour of Sizewell B yesterday and can recommend it. No pics as phones, cameras etc. not allowed in. You also do not get to go inside the reactor dome; which is unmanned for normal operations.

However the turbine hall is very impressive if you like engineering on a large scale - you can even go and touch the running turbines (on the outside!). Considering there are typically have over 600 people on site the place felt empty.

If you want to go you will need to apply up to 6 weeks in advance, via their website, to get security clearance but worth IMO; also min age is 11.

 

[Champagne Murphy]

Sounds interesting. Might give that a go. Thanks for the tip

 

[sailorman]

Sounds interesting. Might give that a go. Thanks for the tip

A Club trip should be arranged in the off season
Trinitu Hse is also worth while, FMYC did that a couple of yrs ago & also The SAR Helo`s before they disbanded

 

[Champagne Murphy]

Just looked at the Suffolk tourist board page for this where it also says 'show other hot offers in Leiston'. Hmmmm:

http//www.suffolktouristguide.com/Leiston/Sizewell-B-Visitor-Centre-1769.asp

 

[Tam Lin]

You used to be able to go to to Bradwell. They had a visitor centre for a while. The control room looked like something out of the fifties (nothing had changed there!) and the generators were built by Parsons. Now we have to buy Chinese!

 

[sailorman]

You used to be able to go to to Bradwell. They had a visitor centre for a while. The control room looked like something out of the fifties (nothing had changed there!) and the generators were built by Parsons. Now we have to buy Chinese!

Reavell of Ipswich

 

[PaulRainbow]

<snip>Now we have to buy Chinese!

Please, don't get me started !

Can we have a Chexit vote

 

[PeterWright]

Bradwell's Main Control Room looked like something out of the fifties because it was! Designed between 56 and 58 and installed between 58 and 61. The whole place was in commercial operation in 1962. However, if you went there after 1972, you would have seen the Honeywell data display system with monochrome (green) displays of the temperature distribution in the reactors. It was driven by 2 Honeywell 316 computers and so was hardly fifties technology and it made life much easier for the reactor operators. Other than that, there was no need to change the Main Control Room equipment until it finally shut down in 2002.

 

[MoodySabre]

You can also arrange group visits to Harwich VTS.